Predictive factors of manual dexterity and cognitive performance at 17 years: a 10-year longitudinal study in a rural area of France
| Autor: | Nathalie Laplante, Georges Dellatolas, Guy Huel, Rosemarie M. Bowler, Larissa Takser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Rural Population Sleep Wake Disorders Longitudinal study Adolescent Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Neuropsychological Tests 050105 experimental psychology Functional Laterality Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cognition Predictive Value of Tests Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological Cognitive development Verbal fluency test Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance Longitudinal Studies 05 social sciences 030229 sport sciences Achievement Sensory Systems Cognitive test Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Finger tapping Female France Psychology Stroop effect |
| Zdroj: | Perceptual and motor skills. 95(1) |
| ISSN: | 0031-5125 |
| Popis: | Studies of predictive factors of manual dexterity in adolescents and young adults are lacking. The present longitudinal study reports the relationships between cognitive and behavioural assessments at age 7 years and the schooling, cognitive performance, and manual dexterity at age 17 years. The participants were 65 schoolchildren, 30 boys and 35 girls, from a rural area in France. Assessment at age 7 years included the McCarthy scales and questionnaires measuring the behavior of the child, completed by the mother, the teacher, and the assessing psychologist. Assessment at age 17 years included schooling situation (whether they were in high school or not), cognitive testing (WAIS-R, Trail Making, Verbal Fluency, Cancel H. Stroop, Memory Assessment Scales), and manual dexterity resting (dynamometer, Finger Tapping, Santa Ana Test, Purdue Pegboard). After controlling for effects of parental education and IQ, a negative teachers' rating of children's behaviour and abilities in first-grade (7 years) was correlated with early cessation of schooling, but also, unexpectedly, with higher scores for manual dexterity at 17 years. Manual dexterity was not related to cognitive performance at 17 years. It is suggested that the relationship between manual and cognitive performance varies during development. Although manual exploratory behaviour is an important correlate of early cognitive development, manual dexterity is probably not related to later academic performance. |
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