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Hand preference in children with developmental coordination disorders: cause and effect?

H Sigmundsson1, H T A Whiting

  • 1Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. hermundurs@svt.ntnu.no

Brain and Cognition
|May 25, 2002
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Children with hand-eye coordination problems (HECP) showed poorer sensory matching performance, particularly with their non-preferred hand. This suggests potential neurological links affecting non-dominant hand function in HECP.

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Area of Science:

  • Developmental psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Motor control

Background:

  • Hand-eye coordination problems (HECP) can impact various motor and sensory tasks.
  • Left-handed individuals may exhibit different sensory processing compared to right-handed individuals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate inter- and intra-modal sensory matching abilities in children with HECP.
  • To compare the performance of left-handed children with and without HECP.
  • To explore the role of hand dominance in sensory matching for children with HECP.

Main Methods:

  • A manual sensory matching task involving visual and proprioceptive targets was administered.
  • Participants located targets and matched them without vision.
  • Performance was assessed for both preferred (left) and non-preferred (right) hands.

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Main Results:

  • Visual or combined visual/proprioceptive target localization improved performance for both groups.
  • Children with HECP demonstrated inferior inter- and intra-modal matching compared to controls.
  • The performance deficit in HECP children was primarily linked to their non-preferred (right) hand.

Conclusions:

  • The findings challenge the assumption that intra-modal matching is always superior to inter-modal matching.
  • Impaired non-preferred hand performance in HECP children may indicate neurological differences in hemisphere development.
  • Further research into the neurodevelopmental basis of HECP and its impact on sensory-motor integration is warranted.