Relationships between motor and cognitive information processing for children in terms of hand preference

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25730101
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Osaka University of Human Sciences
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Kunitake 大阪人間科学大学, 人間科学部, 准教授 (20580913)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 身体性認知 / 利き手 / 幼児 / 双生児

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined relationships between motor and cognitive information processing for children by inducing different motor lateral preference affected cognitive information processing. Two types of study were conducted in the studies. In the one study, we revealed genetic and environmental influences on the relationships between motor and cognitive information processing. Results indicated that the genetic factor actually and complicatedly affect the differences in motor lateral preference. In the other study, we demonstrated whether differences between left and right hand activities for children affected the cognitive information processing. The differences between left and right hand were categorized: one was short term different activity induced by a globe with only one hand. The other was long term different activity which indicated skill differences. Results showed that no short term activity but only long term different activity had effects on cognitive information processing.

Free Research Field

心理学