Locomotion training contributes to 6-month-old infants' mental rotation ability

Schwarzer, Gudrun; Gehb, Gloria; Kelch, Amanda; Gerhard-Samunda, Theresa; Jovanovic, Bianca

doi:10.1016/j.humov.2022.102979

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“…Thus, infants' manual and locomotion experiences were associated with their ability to predict the correct version of the Shepard‐Metzler object. In another study, motor achievements even seemed to play a causal role in driving infants' predictions about an object (Schwarzer et al., 2022). Overall, research suggests that motor experiences are involved in generating conceptual knowledge on which predictions are formed and updated.…”

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Infants' predictive minds: The role of motor experience

Schwarzer,

Jovanovic

2024

Child Dev Perspectives

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The ability to predict upcoming events is essential in infancy because it enables babies to process information optimally and have successful goal‐directed interactions with their environment. In this article, we examine how infants generate predictions in perception, cognition, and action, and address whether and how their predictions are motivated and affected by their motor development. Our synthesis of research demonstrates that infants form predictions in the perception, cognition, and action domains based on perceived statistical information, pre‐existing and newly generated knowledge, and internal motor models. Our analysis reveals that infants' increasing fine and gross motor experiences have a moderating impact on the elaboration of the different bases for predictions. Based on this, we conclude that new motor experiences enable infants to constantly improve the bases from which they generate and update their predictions.

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Infants' predictive minds: The role of motor experience

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Jovanovic

2024

Child Dev Perspectives

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“…Research on the psychological revolutions that follow the acquisition of independent crawling and walking provides some of the strongest evidence for the fundamental contribution motor development makes to broader developmental outcomes (6,7,(17)(18)(19). Researchers have linked the emergence and practice of independent crawling around 8-9 months of age to changes in perceptual-action coupling, spatial cognition, memory, social and emotional functioning and brain functioning (6,17,(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25) and the acquisition of walking to a range of developmental changes (26), particularly in the language domain (8,27,28).…”

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Stimulating the Motor Development of Very Premature Infants: Effects of Early Crawling Training on a Mini-Skateboard

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Forma²,

Provasi

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Aim: To examine the effects of an early home-based 8-week crawling intervention performed by trained therapists on the motor and general development of very premature infants during the first year of life. Methods: At term-equivalent age, immediately following discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), we randomly allocated 44 premature infants born before 32 weeks′ gestation without major brain damage to one of three conditions in our intervention study: crawling on a mini-skateboard, the Crawliskate (Crawli), prone positioning control (Mattress), or standard care (Control). The Crawli and Mattress groups received 5 min daily at-home training administered by trained therapists for 8 consecutive weeks upon discharge from the NICU. The outcomes of greatest interest included gross motor development (Bayley-III) at 2, 6, 9, and 12 months (primary outcome) corrected age (CA), mature crawling at 9 months CA and general development at 9 and 12 months CA [Ages and Stages Questionnaires-3 (ASQ-3)]. Results: A 3 (Condition) x 4 (Age) repeated measures ANOVA revealed that Crawli group infants had significantly higher Bayley-III gross motor development scores than Mattress and Control group infants. Crawli group infants also scored significantly higher on groups of Bayley-III items related to specific motor skills than infants in the other groups, including crawling at 9 months CA (p<0.05). Separate one-way ANOVAs at each of the four ages tested revealed the Crawli group had significantly higher gross motor development scores than the Mattress group (p<.001) but not the Control group (p<.08) at 2 months CA, than the Mattress and Control groups at 6 months CA (p<.05), and than the Control group at 9 and 12 months CA (p<.05). The Mattress and Control groups did not differ significantly at any age. A 3 (Condition) x 2 (Age) repeated measures ANOVA revealed that the Crawli group scored significantly higher than the Control group for the ASQ-3 total score (p<.01) and communication score (p<.05) and significantly higher for the fine motor score than the Control (p<.01) and Mattress (p<.05) groups. We found additional significant differences in favor of the Crawli group for other dimensions of the ASQ-3 in separate one-way ANOVAs at 9 and 12 months CA. Interpretation: Early crawling training on a Crawliskate provides an effective way to promote motor and general development in very premature infants. The Crawli group′s significantly higher scores on the crawling items at 9 months CA provide clear evidence for a link between newborn crawling and more mature crawling later in development.

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“…Research on the psychological revolutions that follow the acquisition of independent crawling and walking provides some of the strongest evidence for the fundamental contribution motor development makes to broader developmental outcomes ( 6 , 7 , 17 – 19 ). Researchers have linked the emergence and practice of independent crawling around 8–9 months of age to changes in perceptual-action coupling, spatial cognition, memory, social and emotional functioning and brain functioning ( 6 , 17 , 20 – 25 ) and the acquisition of walking to a range of developmental changes ( 26 ), particularly in the language domain ( 8 , 27 , 28 ).…”

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Stimulating the motor development of very premature infants: effects of early crawling training on a mini-skateboard

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AimTo examine the effects of an early home-based 8-week crawling intervention performed by trained therapists on the motor and general development of very premature infants during the first year of life.MethodsAt term-equivalent age, immediately following discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), we randomly allocated 44 premature infants born before 32 weeks' gestation without major brain damage to one of three conditions in our intervention study: crawling on a mini-skateboard, the Crawliskate (Crawli), prone positioning control (Mattress), or standard care (Control). The Crawli and Mattress groups received 5 min daily at-home training administered by trained therapists for 8 consecutive weeks upon discharge from the NICU. The outcomes of greatest interest included gross motor development (Bayley-III) at 2, 6, 9, and 12 months (primary outcome) corrected age (CA), mature crawling at 9 months CA and general development at 9 and 12 months CA [Ages and Stages Questionnaires-3 (ASQ-3)]. The study was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov; registration number: NCT05278286.ResultsA 3 (Condition) × 4 (Age) repeated measures ANOVA revealed that Crawli group infants had significantly higher Bayley-III gross motor development scores than Mattress and Control group infants. Crawli group infants also scored significantly higher on groups of Bayley-III items related to specific motor skills than infants in the other groups, including crawling at 9 months CA. We found significant differences in favor of the Crawli group in separate one-way ANOVAs at each of the ages we examined. A 3 (Condition) × 2 (Age) repeated measures ANOVA revealed that the Crawli group scored significantly higher than the Control group for the ASQ-3 total score and communication score and significantly higher for the fine motor score than the Control and Mattress groups. We found additional significant differences in favor of the Crawli group for other dimensions of the ASQ-3 in separate one-way ANOVAs at 9 and 12 months CA.InterpretationEarly crawling training on a Crawliskate provides an effective way to promote motor and general development in very premature infants. The findings also provide clear evidence for a link between newborn crawling and more mature crawling later in development.

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Locomotion training contributes to 6-month-old infants' mental rotation ability

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Infants' predictive minds: The role of motor experience

Infants' predictive minds: The role of motor experience

Stimulating the Motor Development of Very Premature Infants: Effects of Early Crawling Training on a Mini-Skateboard

Stimulating the motor development of very premature infants: effects of early crawling training on a mini-skateboard

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