Examining Age-Related Movement Representations for Sequential (Fine-Motor) Finger Movements

Autor/inn/en	Gabbard, Carl; Cacola, Priscila; Bobbio, Tatiana
Titel	Examining Age-Related Movement Representations for Sequential (Fine-Motor) Finger Movements
Quelle	In: Brain and Cognition, 77 (2011) 3, S.459-463 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-2626
DOI	10.1016/j.bandc.2011.08.011
Schlagwörter	Psychomotor Skills; Motor Reactions; Comparative Analysis; Children; Adults; Age Differences; Correlation; Imagination; Cognitive Processes; Reaction Time + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychomotorische Aktivität; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Korrelation; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Reaktionsvermögen
Abstract	Theory suggests that imagined and executed movement planning relies on internal models for action. Using a chronometry paradigm to compare the movement duration of imagined and executed movements, we tested children aged 7-11 years and adults on their ability to perform sequential finger movements. Underscoring this tactic was our desire to gain a better understanding of the age-related ability to create internal models for action requiring fine-motor movements. The task required number recognition and ordering and was presented in three levels of complexity. Results for movement duration indicated that 7-year-olds and adults were different from the other groups with no statistical distinction between 9- and 11-year-olds. Correlation analysis indicated a significant relationship between imagined and executed actions. These results are the first to document the increasing convergence between imagined and executed movements in the context of fine-motor behavior; a finding that adds to our understanding of action representation in children. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10