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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • The hand laterality judgment (HLJ) task is a common tool for assessing cognitive development.
  • Understanding the strategies children employ during the HLJ task provides insight into their cognitive processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate developmental changes in motor imagery strategies during the hand laterality judgment task in children aged 5, 6, and 7 years.
  • To determine if the employed strategy for hand laterality judgment changes with age, despite performance improvements.

Main Methods:

  • A longitudinal study design with 23 children participating at ages 5, 6, and 7.
  • Analysis of error percentages and response durations, comparing them to predefined models of imagery strategies.
  • Inclusion of response durations from both correct and incorrect trials.

Main Results:

  • Task performance was influenced by motor constraints in all children, regardless of accuracy at age 5.
  • Five-year-old children, even those not yet successful, utilize motor imagery for the HLJ task.
  • No developmental changes in the specific motor imagery strategy were observed between ages 5 and 7, despite age-related improvements in speed and accuracy.

Conclusions:

  • Five-year-old children can employ motor imagery strategies to solve the hand laterality judgment task.
  • The strategy used for hand laterality judgment remains invariant across development from ages 5 to 7 years.
  • Motor imagery is a foundational strategy for hand laterality judgment, present early in development.