Kinematic characteristics of second-order motor planning and performance in 6- and 10-year-old children and adults: Effects of age and task constraints.

Autor: Domellöf E; Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Bäckström A; Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Johansson AM; Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Rönnqvist L; Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., von Hofsten C; Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden., Rosander K; Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Developmental psychobiology [Dev Psychobiol] 2020 Mar; Vol. 62 (2), pp. 250-265. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 09.
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21911
Abstrakt: This study explored age-related differences in motor planning as expressed in arm-hand kinematics during a sequential peg moving task with varying demands on goal insertion complexity (second-order planning). The peg was a vertical cylinder with either a circular or semicircular base. The task was to transport the peg between two positions and rotate it various amounts horizontally before fitting into its final position. The amount of rotation required was either 0°, 90°, 180°, or -90°. The reaching for the peg, the displacement of it, and the way the rotation was accomplished was analyzed. Assessments of end state comfort, goal interpretation errors, and type of grip used were also included. Participants were two groups of typically developing children, one younger (M age  = 6.7 years) and one older (M age  = 10.3 years), and one adult group (M age  = 34.9 years). The children, particularly 6-year-olds, displayed less efficient prehensile movement organization than adults. Related to less efficient motor planning, 6-year-olds, mainly, had shorter reach-to-grasp onset latencies, higher velocities, and shorter time to peak velocities, and longer grasp durations than adults. Importantly, the adults rotated the peg during transport. In contrast, the children made corrective rotations after the hand had arrived at the goal.
(© 2019 The Authors. Developmental Psychobiology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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