Winter, Rebecca E, Stoeger, Heidrun and Suggate, Sebastian P orcid.org/0000-0002-7755-068X (2021) Fine Motor Skills and Lexical Processing in Children and Adults. Frontiers in Psychology. 666200. ISSN 1664-1078
Abstract
Children’s fine motor skills (FMS) link to cognitive development, however, research on their involvement in language processing, also with adults, is scarce. Lexical items are processed differently depending on the degree of sensorimotor information inherent in the words’ meanings, such as whether these imply a body-object interaction (BOI) or a body-part association (i.e., hand, arm, mouth, foot). Accordingly, three studies examined whether lexical processing was affected by FMS, BOIness, and body-part associations in children (study 1, n = 77) and adults (study 2, n = 80; study 3, n = 71). Analyses showed a differential link between FMS and lexical processing as a function of age. Whereas response latencies indicated that children’s FMS were associated with “hand” words, adults’ FMS linked to the broader concept of BOI. Findings have implications for shared activation theories positing that FMS support lexical processing.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Winter, Stoeger and Suggate. |
Keywords: | body-object interaction,body-part association,fine motor skills,lexical development,vocabulary |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2022 10:20 |
Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2024 00:46 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666200 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666200 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:189953 |
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