Sensory Motor Inhibition as a Prerequisite for Theory-of-Mind: A Comparison of Clinical and Normal Preschoolers Differing in Sensory Motor Abilities

Autor/inn/en	Chasiotis, Athanasios; Kiessling, Florian; Winter, Vera; Hofer, Jan
Titel	Sensory Motor Inhibition as a Prerequisite for Theory-of-Mind: A Comparison of Clinical and Normal Preschoolers Differing in Sensory Motor Abilities
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 30 (2006) 2, S.178-190 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025406063637
Schlagwörter	Inhibition; Perceptual Motor Learning; Sensory Integration; Preschool Children; Occupational Therapy; Social Cognition; Cognitive Processes; Cognitive Development; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hemmung; Perceptual-motor learning; Sensumotorisches Lernen; Wahrnehmungsschulung; Sensorische Integration; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Beschäftigungstherapie; Soziale Kognition; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Kognitive Entwicklung; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	After distinguishing between neocortical abilities for executive control and subcortical sensory motor skills for proprioceptive and vestibular integration, we compare a sample of 116 normal preschoolers with a sample of 31 preschoolers receiving occupational therapeutical treatment. This is done in an experimental design controlled for age (mean: 49 months), sex, SES, linguistic abilities, and intelligence. Inhibition and theory-of-mind are measured with test batteries. Results show that children having deficits in sensory motor inhibition are less competent in conflict inhibition and in theory-of-mind. Regression analyses reveal that in the clinical sample conflict inhibition is a significantly stronger predictor of theory-of-mind than in the control group. These results point at a basic sensory motor inhibitory ability as a prerequisite for the development of theory-of-mind. (Contains 6 tables and 5 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10