Winter, Rebecca E. and Stoeger, Heidrun and Suggate, Sebastian P. (2021) Fine Motor Skills and Lexical Processing in Children and Adults. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 12: 666200. ISSN 1664-1078,
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Abstract
Children's fine motor skills (FMS) link to cognitive development, however, research on their involvement in language processing, also with adults, is scarce. Lexical items are processed differently depending on the degree of sensorimotor information inherent in the words' meanings, such as whether these imply a body-object interaction (BOI) or a body-part association (i.e., hand, arm, mouth, foot). Accordingly, three studies examined whether lexical processing was affected by FMS, BOIness, and body-part associations in children (study 1, n = 77) and adults (study 2, n = 80; study 3, n = 71). Analyses showed a differential link between FMS and lexical processing as a function of age. Whereas response latencies indicated that children's FMS were associated with "hand" words, adults' FMS linked to the broader concept of BOI. Findings have implications for shared activation theories positing that FMS support lexical processing.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | OBJECT INTERACTION RATINGS; VISUAL WORD RECOGNITION; LANGUAGE-DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL READINESS; BODY; COMPREHENSION; PERFORMANCE; INTERVENTION; CONCRETENESS; INFORMATION; fine motor skills; lexical development; vocabulary; body-object interaction; body-part association |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 370 Education |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Bildungswissenschaft > Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik (Prof. Dr. Heidrun Stöger) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2022 13:25 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2022 13:25 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/45678 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
