The Impact of Poor Motor Skills on Perceptual, Social and Cognitive Development: The Case of Developmental Coordination Disorder

Frontiers in Psychology

Hayley C. Leonard¹ 

关键词: developmental coordination disorder;    motor skill;    embodiment;    dynamic systems;    physical activity;    predictive control;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00311

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Throughout development, we gain increasing control over our bodies, allowing us to move around our environment and manipulate and use objects. This developing motor control is key to our understanding of the properties of our environment (Piaget, 1953). Being able to crawl or walk affects infants' understanding of the distance between objects, as well as the feel of different surfaces and slopes (Adolph and Joh, 2007). They will also be exposed to different risks in the environment, leading to a change in the relationships with their caregivers as they learn to use social information, such as facial expressions or tone of voice, to guide their exploration (Campos et al., 2000). The development of motor skills can therefore be viewed as part of an interactive developmental process with perceptual, social, and cognitive abilities (Thelen, 1992), which is subject to the constraints of the body and the environment.

【 授权许可】

CC BY