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Motor response processing in clumsy children.

T van Dellen1, R H Geuze

  • 1Laboratory for Experimental Clinical Psychology, State University, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines
|July 1, 1988
PubMed
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Clumsy children show slower reaction times due to difficulties in cognitive response selection, not inaccuracies. This suggests problems translating stimuli to responses impact their perceptual-motor skills.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • Clumsy children often exhibit deficits in perceptual-motor skills.
  • The underlying cognitive mechanisms contributing to clumsiness are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the cognitive decision-making processes in clumsy children during a reaction time task.
  • To identify specific challenges in stimulus-response translation that may underlie motor skill deficits.

Main Methods:

  • A four-choice reaction time task was administered to 12 clumsy children and 12 controls.
  • Two compatibility and three precue conditions were employed to manipulate cognitive load.
  • Performance accuracy and reaction time were measured.

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Main Results:

  • Clumsy children exhibited significantly slower reaction times compared to controls.
  • Response selection, a cognitive process, was identified as a key factor in the slowed performance.
  • Clumsy children struggled more with stimulus-to-response code translation, especially when complex transformations were needed.

Conclusions:

  • The cognitive process of response selection is crucial for understanding motor skill deficits in clumsy children.
  • Difficulties in stimulus-response translation, particularly with increased complexity, contribute to slower performance.
  • Targeting cognitive aspects of motor control may be beneficial for interventions aimed at clumsy children.