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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ri-123456789-200432021-07-10T22:14:45Z Motor Coordination Correlates with Academic Achievement and Cognitive Function in Children Motor Coordination Correlates with Academic Achievement and Cognitive Function in Children Fernandes, Valter R. Ribeiro, Michelle L. Scipião Melo, Thais Maciel-Pinheiro, Paulo de Tarso Guimarães, Thiago T. Araújo, Narahyana B. Ribeiro, Sidarta Tollendal Gomes Deslandes, Andréa C. motor skills child educational status physical exercise executive functions 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. 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. 2016-03-15T21:11:48Z 2016-03-15T21:11:48Z 2016 article Fernandes VR, Ribeiro MLS, Melo T, de Tarso Maciel-Pinheiro P, Guimarães TT, Araújo NB, Ribeiro S and Deslandes AC (2016) Motor Coordination Correlates with Academic Achievement and Cognitive Function in Children. Front. Psychol. 7:318. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00318 https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/20043 eng Acesso Aberto application/pdf Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Brasil UFRN |
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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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Fernandes, Valter R. Ribeiro, Michelle L. Scipião Melo, Thais Maciel-Pinheiro, Paulo de Tarso Guimarães, Thiago T. Araújo, Narahyana B. Ribeiro, Sidarta Tollendal Gomes Deslandes, Andréa C. |
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Fernandes, Valter R. Ribeiro, Michelle L. Scipião Melo, Thais Maciel-Pinheiro, Paulo de Tarso Guimarães, Thiago T. Araújo, Narahyana B. Ribeiro, Sidarta Tollendal Gomes Deslandes, Andréa C. |
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Motor Coordination Correlates with Academic Achievement and Cognitive Function in Children |
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Motor Coordination Correlates with Academic Achievement and Cognitive Function in Children |
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Motor Coordination Correlates with Academic Achievement and Cognitive Function in Children |
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Motor Coordination Correlates with Academic Achievement and Cognitive Function in Children |
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Motor Coordination Correlates with Academic Achievement and Cognitive Function in Children |
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motor coordination correlates with academic achievement and cognitive function in children |
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