Hand preference for pointing and language development in toddlers

Vauclair, Jacques; Cochet, Hélène

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“…Results implementing more traditional analyses of using correlations between hand preference and language found a similar pattern to previous longitudinal and cross-sectional research where monthly hand preference scores show tremendous fluctuation with respect to language (Bates et al, 1986;Cochet et al, 2011;Esseily et al, 2011;Ramsay, 1980Ramsay, , 1984Ramsay, , 1985Vauclair & Cochet, 2013 (Spencer et al, 2006;Thelen & Smith, 2006).…”

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“…A crucial factor in understanding how variability in hand use experience shapes language development is the implementation of longitudinal designs using a trajectory-based approach. However, a large portion of research examining the relations between early handedness and language has used cross-sectional designs or longitudinal designs with too few time points (Bates, O'Connell, Vaid, Sledge, & Oakes, 1986;Cochet, Jover, & Vauclair, 2011;Esseily, Jacquet, & Fagard, 2011;Ramsay, 1980Ramsay, , 1984Ramsay, , 1985Vauclair & Cochet, 2013). Such work has found a variety of shifts in hand use around times of significant change in language like the onset of duplicated syllable babbling, after the word spurt, or around the initial use of word combinations (e.g., Bates et al, 1986;Cochet et al, 2011;Ramsay, 1984).…”

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Toddler hand preference trajectories predict 3‐year language outcome

Nelson

Gonzalez

Coxe

et al. 2017

Developmental Psychobiology

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A growing body of work suggests that early motor experience affects development in unexpected domains. In the current study, children’s hand preference for role-differentiated bimanual manipulation (RDBM) was measured at monthly intervals from 18 to 24 months of age (N=90). At 3 years of age, children’s language ability was assessed using the Preschool Language Scales 5th edition (PLS™-5; Zimmerman, Steiner, & Pond, 2011). Three distinct RDBM hand preference trajectories were identified using latent class growth analysis: 1) children with a left hand preference but a moderate amount of right hand use, 2) children with a right hand preference but a moderate amount of left hand use, and 3) children with a right hand preference and only a mild amount of left hand use. Stability over time within all three trajectories indicated that children did not change hand use patterns from 18 to 24 months. Children with the greatest amount of preferred (i.e., right) hand use demonstrated higher expressive language scores compared to children in both trajectories with moderate levels of non-preferred hand use. Children with the greatest amount of right hand use also had higher scores for receptive language compared to children with a right hand preference but moderate left hand use. Results support that consistency in handedness as measured by the amount of preferred hand use is related to distal language outcomes in development.

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Toddler hand preference trajectories predict 3‐year language outcome

Nelson

Gonzalez

Coxe

et al. 2017

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“…A right-sided asymmetry especially for pointing gestures has been reported in several studies (Bates et al, 1986;Blake, O'Rourke, & Borzellino, 1994;Vauclair & Imbault, 2009;Young, Lock, & Service, 1985). Moreover, Esseily et al (2011) showed that right-handed infants for pointing understood and produced more words than non-right-handed infants, and Vauclair and Cochet (2010) observed a U-shaped relationship in toddlers between 12 and 30 months of age between the degree of hand preference for pointing and the developmental quotient for language. Results from the study by Bates et al (1986) also support the existence of a dynamic nonlinear relationship between speech and righthand use: these authors failed to reveal significant correlations between language score and handedness in pointing and symbolic gestures, whereas a nonlinear relationship was observed at 20 months of age.…”

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Hand preference for pointing gestures and bimanual manipulation around the vocabulary spurt period

Cochet

Jover

Vauclair

2011

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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a b s t r a c tThis study investigated the development of hand preference for bimanual manipulative activities and pointing gestures in toddlers observed longitudinally over a 5-month period, in relation to language acquisition. The lexical spurt was found to be accompanied by an increase in the right-sided bias for pointing but not for manipulation. Moreover, results revealed a significant correlation between hand preference for imperative pointing gestures and manipulative activities in children who did not experience the lexical spurt during the observational period. By contrast, measures of handedness for declarative pointing were never correlated with those of handedness for manipulation. This study illustrates the complex relationship between handedness and language development and emphasizes the need to take the different functions of pointing gestures into account.Ó 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. IntroductionA small body of research has described the development of hand preference in relation to language development, although this topic represents a significant source of information for assessing developmental changes of these two main functional asymmetries. Because the use of one hand for a specific activity mostly reflects the predominant involvement of the contralateral hemisphere, this measure provides an innovative means for investigating its relations with the cerebral control of speech during development. Moreover, different measurements of handedness may allow us to determine whether manipulative activities and communicative gestures are linked to speech at varying degrees. In the Contents lists available at ScienceDirectJournal of Experimental Child Psychology jo urnal homepage: www.elsevier.co m/locate/jecp current study, language level and hand preference for both bimanual manipulation and pointing gestures were measured longitudinally in toddlers between 13 and 21 months of age in an attempt to unravel the complex relationships between language acquisition and the development of handedness. We focused on a key period of language development, namely the lexical spurt, whose onset was expected to be more closely linked to hand preference for pointing than to handedness for noncommunicative actions in the course of development. Moreover, speech-gesture relationships were expected to vary depending on the function served by pointing gestures.

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“…As with other domains of motor development, would manual asymmetries, like hand preferences, influence cognitive development? Prior research has found that right hand use or right handedness predicts increased skill for motor actions (Larsen, Helder, & Behen, ), greater language ability (Esseily, Jacquet, & Fagard, ; Nelson, Campbell & Michel, ; Vauclair & Cochet, ) and greater cognitive abilities (Larsen, Helder, & Behen, ), while non‐right‐handedness was associated with language impairment (Hill & Bishop, ), and physical and mental health problems (e.g., prematurity: Domellöf, Johansson, & Rönnqvist, ; schizophrenia and schizotypy: Chen & Su, ; Hirnstein & Hugdahl, ). Greater frequency of right hand use has been connected to greater lateralization of language functions (Gonzalez & Goodale, ), especially language production (Esseily, Jacquet, & Fagard, ; Jacquet, Esseily, & Fagard, ).…”

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Do hand preferences predict stacking skill during infancy?

Marcinowski

Campbell

Faldowski

et al. 2016

Developmental Psychobiology

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The cascade theory of handedness suggests that hand preferences develop from a history of cascading and sequentially developing manual asymmetries for a variety of actions. Infants who consistently use their preferred hand for a variety of actions likely would gain proficiency using that preferred hand and, consequently, perform more proficiently on other challenging manual tasks. One such task is object stacking, which has been linked with a number of cognitive abilities. If infant hand preference facilitates the development of stacking skill, then this could provide a link by which early hand preference might affect the development of cognition. From a sample of 380 infants assessed for an acquisition hand preference across 6-14 months, 131 infants were assessed for stacking skill from 10 to 14 months at monthly visits. Four unique handedness sub-groups were identified from the 380-infant sample: left, trending right, stable right, or no hand preference. Each of the four hand preference groups exhibited different trajectories in the development of their stacking skills. Left- and stable right-handers stacked more items than infants with no preference by 14 months, whereas infants with a trending right preference did not. The proportion of preferred hand use (right and left) from 6 to 9 months also predicted an earlier initial onset of stacking skill, whereas the proportion of only right hand use did not. Thus, the development of a hand preference predicts an earlier emergence of stacking skill and may have implications for other domains of infant cognitive development.

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Hand preference for pointing and language development in toddlers

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Toddler hand preference trajectories predict 3‐year language outcome

Toddler hand preference trajectories predict 3‐year language outcome

Hand preference for pointing gestures and bimanual manipulation around the vocabulary spurt period

Do hand preferences predict stacking skill during infancy?

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