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'Putting your foot in it'! A window into clumsy behaviour.
H Sigmundsson1, H T Whiting, R P Ingvaldsen
1Department of Sport Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Behavioural Brain Research
|July 14, 1999
Summary
Children with hand-eye coordination problems (HECP) showed poorer performance on tasks involving cross-hemisphere communication. This suggests potential right hemisphere or corpus callosum issues in HECP children.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Developmental Psychology
- Pediatrics
Background:
- Hand-eye coordination problems (HECP) can impact a child's development.
- Understanding interhemispheric communication is crucial for cognitive development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate interhemispheric transfer in children with and without HECP.
- To explore potential neurological underpinnings of HECP.
Main Methods:
- A foot-hand intra-modal matching task was administered to 7-year-old children.
- Four conditions tested: right foot-right hand, right foot-left hand, left foot-left hand, left foot-right hand, without vision.
- Performance was compared between children with HECP and a control group.
Main Results:
- Both groups performed better on intra-hemispheric tasks than inter-hemispheric tasks.
- HECP children performed significantly worse than controls in conditions involving the right hemisphere or corpus callosum transfer.
- This indicates potential difficulties in processing information across brain hemispheres for HECP children.
Conclusions:
- The findings suggest that the corpus callosum may not be fully mature in 7-year-old children.
- HECP in children may be associated with right hemisphere insufficiency or corpus callosum dysfunction.