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Motor and Visual-spatial Cognition Development in Primary School-Aged Children in Cameroon and Germany
Petra Jansen1, Jennifer Lehmann1, Christoph Tafelmeier1
1a Institute of Sport Science, University of Regensburg, Regensburg , Germany.
Abstract:
It was the main goal of this study to investigate the motor and visual-spatial development in primary school-aged children in Cameroon and Germany. Thirty-four children from each country completed a motor test and a mental rotation test. It was found that children in Cameroon showed a better motor ability (better overall gross motor score and also on most single items) than children in Germany did. This can be explained by the early motor stimulation in infancy in Cameroon. Concerning mental rotation performance, Cameroonian children perform below chance level. A positive correlation between the overall motor ability and mental rotation performance could only be analyzed and conducted in the German sample. Therefore, this study emphasizes the need for the development of culture-fair cognitive tests.
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