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Concurrent maturation of visuomotor skills and motion perception in typically‐developing children and adolescents
Author(s) -
NiechwiejSzwedo Ewa,
Meier Kimberly,
Christian Lisa,
Nouredanesh Mina,
Tung James,
Bryden Pamela,
Giaschi Deborah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.21931
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , motor skill , motion (physics) , task (project management) , typically developing , association (psychology) , grasp , developmental psychology , visual perception , motion perception , time perception , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , computer science , computer vision , autism , psychotherapist , economics , programming language , management
Perceptual and visuomotor skills undergo considerable development from early childhood into adolescence; however, the concurrent maturation of these skills has not yet been examined. This study assessed visuomotor function and motion perception in a cross‐section of 226 typically‐developing children between 4 and 16 years of age. Participants were tested on three tasks hypothesized to engage the dorsal visual stream: threading a bead on a needle, marking dots using a pen, and discriminating form defined by motion contrast. Mature performance was reached between 8 and 12 years, with youngest maturation for kinematic measures for a reach‐to‐grasp task, and oldest maturation for a precision tapping task. Performance on the motion perception task shared no association with motor skills after controlling for age.