Kinaesthesis: Its Measurement, Training and Relationship to Motor Control

Laszlo, Judith I.; Bairstow, Phillip J.

doi:10.1080/14640748308402142

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“…Thus, it is difficult to tell if the different pattern of responding derives from something intrinsic to haptic coding or from minimal practice with T-like, twodimensional patterns. Practice has been shown to have a robust effect on kinesthetic judgments, as revealed by drawing (Laszlo & Bairstow, 1983). It is impossible, of course, to rule out the visual imagery interpretation.…”

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Mechanisms in the haptic horizontal-vertical illusion: Evidence from sighted and blind subjects

Heller

Joyner

1993

Perception & Psychophysics

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The haptic horizontal-vertical illusion was studied in two experiments. In Experiment 1, the illusion was relatively weak in sighted subjects and depended on stimulus size and the nature of the figure, that is, whether the pattern was an inverted-T or L shape. Experiment 2 compared early blind and late blind subjects. The illusion was present for an inverted-T figure but absent for an L figure in late blind subjects. However, the early blind subjects treated both the Land T figures as similar and showed the illusion to both. These results support the idea that visual experience may alter haptic judgments in sighted and late blind subjects.Many researchers have been interested in discovering what tactile illusions can tell us about spatial perception (

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Mechanisms in the haptic horizontal-vertical illusion: Evidence from sighted and blind subjects

Heller

Joyner

1993

Perception & Psychophysics

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“…A related finding is that the level of motor involvement of a task also affects performance. A meta-analysis of 50 studies on Developmental Coordination Disorder children by Wilson and McKenzie (1998) established that effect sizes were higher for studies that involved active movement (e.g., Hulme, Biggerstaff, Moran & McKinlay, 1982) than passive movement (e.g., Laszlo & Bairstow, 1983). Other studies have also demonstrated that an active condition of a motor test, rather than a passive one, significantly discriminates Developmental Coordination Disorder children from a control group (e.g,.…”

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Working memory, reading, and mathematical skills in children with developmental coordination disorder

Alloway

2007

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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The aim of the present study was investigate the relationship between working memory and reading and mathematical skills in 55 children diagnosed with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). The Wndings indicate a pervasive memory deWcit in all memory measures. In particular, deWcits observed in visuospatial short-term and working memory tasks were signiWcantly worse than in the verbal short-term memory ones. On the basis of these deWcits, the sample was divided into high and low visuospatial memory ability groups. The low visuospatial memory group performed signiWcantly worse on the attainment measures compared to the high visuospatial memory group, even when the contribution of IQ was taken into account. When the sample was divided into high and low verbal working memory ability groups, verbal working memory skills made a unique contribution to attainment only when verbal IQ was taken into account, but not when performance IQ was statistically controlled. It is possible that the processing demands of the working memory tasks together with the active motor component reXected in the visuospatial memory tasks and performance IQ subtest both play a crucial role in learning in children with DCD

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“…A study investigating kinesthetic training on drawing tasks in children aged 6 to 8 years (N = 24) found improvements in the treatment group, however no between-group comparisons were made with the control group (Laszlo & Bairstow, 1983). First grade children (N = 30) with handwriting difficulties had low grip scores and lower scores for kinesthesia on a drawing task when compared with children without handwriting difficulties (N = 30) (Schneck, 1991).…”

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“…Kinesthetic feedback provides information about arm movement, and assists with monitoring errors and motor learning (Laszlo & Bairstow, 1983). A study investigating kinesthetic training on drawing tasks in children aged 6 to 8 years (N = 24) found improvements in the treatment group, however no between-group comparisons were made with the control group (Laszlo & Bairstow, 1983).…”

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Handwriting in healthy people aged 65 years and over

Drempt

McCluskey

Lannin

2011

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

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Background: Handwriting is an important activity that is commonly affected by neurological and orthopaedic conditions. Handwriting research has predominantly involved children. Little is known about handwriting behaviour in healthy older adults. Aim: This study aims to describe the handwriting practices of 30 unimpaired adults aged 65 years and over. Methods: In this cross‐sectional observational study, data were collected from 30 older adults using a self‐report questionnaire, digital pen recordings over three days and a handwriting log. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results: The mean age of participants was 75.1 years (standard deviation = 6.9). Variations in handwriting were evident in letter size, slant and spacing. Participants wrote very little – a median of 18 words per occasion (interquartile range = 10.5–26.9 words). Most handwriting involved self‐generated text (85%), not copied or transcribed text. Participants stood while writing for 17% of handwriting occasions. The most common reasons for handwriting were note taking (23%) and puzzles (22%). Conclusions: Legibility may not depend exclusively on the handwriting script that a beginning writer is taught, but may be a result of other factors as the person ages. A comprehensive adult handwriting assessment and retraining programme should be relevant to older adults, including common handwriting activities, involving self‐generated text and few words.

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Kinaesthesis: Its Measurement, Training and Relationship to Motor Control

Cited by 80 publications

References 17 publications

Mechanisms in the haptic horizontal-vertical illusion: Evidence from sighted and blind subjects

Mechanisms in the haptic horizontal-vertical illusion: Evidence from sighted and blind subjects

Working memory, reading, and mathematical skills in children with developmental coordination disorder

Handwriting in healthy people aged 65 years and over

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