Citation

Kakebeeke TH, Messerli-Bürgy N, Meyer AH, Zysset AE, Stülb K, Leeger-Aschmann CS, Schmutz EA, Arhab A, Puder JJ, Kriemler S, Munsch S, Jenni OG. Percept. Mot. Skills 2017; 124(5): 885-899.

Affiliation

Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0031512517719190

PMID

28699826

Abstract

Contralateral associated movements (CAMs) frequently occur in complex motor tasks. We investigated whether and to what extent CAMs are associated with inhibitory control among preschool children in the Swiss Preschoolers' Health Study. Participants included 476 healthy, typically developing children (mean age = 3.88 years; 251 boys) and were evaluated on two consecutive afternoons. The children performed the Zurich Neuromotor Assessment, the statue subtest of the Neuropsychological Assessment for Children (NEPSY), and cognitive tests of the Intelligence and Development Scales-Preschool (IDS-P). CAMs were associated with poor inhibitory control on the statue test and poor selective attention and visual perception on the IDS-P. We attributed these findings to preschoolers' general immaturity of the central nervous system.

Language: en

Keywords

Contralateral associated movements; SPLASHY; inhibitory control; selective attention; statue test