Motor Coordination Correlates with Academic Achievement and Cognitive Function in Children
The relationship between exercise and cognition is an important topic of research that only recently began to unravel. Here, we set out to investigate the relation between motor skills, cognitive function, and school performance in 45 students from 8 to 14 years of age. We used a cross-sectional...
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| Resumo: | The relationship between exercise and cognition is an important topic of research that
only recently began to unravel. Here, we set out to investigate the relation between motor
skills, cognitive function, and school performance in 45 students from 8 to 14 years of
age. We used a cross-sectional design to evaluate motor coordination (Touch Test Disc),
agility (Shuttle Run Speed—running back and forth), school performance (Academic
Achievement Test), the Stroop test, and six sub-tests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale
for Children-IV (WISC-IV). We found, that the Touch Test Disc was the best predictor of
school performance (R
2 = 0.20). Significant correlations were also observed between
motor coordination and several indices of cognitive function, such as the total score of
the Academic Achievement Test (AAT; Spearman’s rho = 0.536; p ≤ 0.001), as well
as two WISC-IV sub-tests: block design (R = −0.438; p = 0.003) and cancelation
(rho = −0.471; p = 0.001). All the other cognitive variables pointed in the same direction,
and even correlated with agility, but did not reach statistical significance. Altogether, the
data indicate that visual motor coordination and visual selective attention, but not agility,
may influence academic achievement and cognitive function. The results highlight the
importance of investigating the correlation between physical skills and different aspects
of cognition. |
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