Children Show Limited Movement Repertoire When Learning a Novel Motor Skill

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Mei-Hua; Farshchiansadegh, Ali; Ranganathan, Rajiv
Titel	Children Show Limited Movement Repertoire When Learning a Novel Motor Skill
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 21 (2018) 4, (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-7687
DOI	10.1111/desc.12614
Schlagwörter	Children; Preadolescents; Adults; Psychomotor Skills; Age Differences; Skill Development; Computer Simulation; Task Analysis; Perceptual Motor Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Aufgabenanalyse; Perceptual-motor learning; Sensumotorisches Lernen; Wahrnehmungsschulung
Abstract	Examining age differences in motor learning using real-world tasks is often problematic due to task novelty and biomechanical confounds. Here, we investigated how children and adults acquire a novel motor skill in a virtual environment. Participants of three different age groups (9-year-olds, 12-year-olds, and adults) learned to use their upper body movements to control a cursor on a computer screen. Results showed that 9-year-old and 12-year-old children showed poorer ability to control the cursor at the end of practice. Critically, when we investigated the movement coordination, we found that the lower task performance of children was associated with limited exploration of their movement repertoire. These results reveal the critical role of motor exploration in understanding developmental differences in motor learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01