Putting a finger on numerical development–reviewing the contributions of kindergarten finger gnosis and fine motor skills to numerical abilities

R Barrocas, S Roesch, C Gawrilow… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The well-documented association between fingers and numbers is not only based on the
observation that most children use their fingers for counting and initial calculation, but also …

Finger use and arithmetic skills in children and adolescents: A scoping review

M Neveu, M Geurten, N Durieux… - Educational Psychology …, 2023 - Springer
Although the role played by finger use in children's numerical development has been widely
investigated, their benefit in arithmetical contexts is still debated today. This scoping review …

Boost your brain, while having a break! The effects of long-term cognitively engaging physical activity breaks on children's executive functions and academic …

F Egger, V Benzing, A Conzelmann, M Schmidt - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Classroom-based physical activity (PA) is gaining attention in terms of its potential to
enhance children's cognitive functions, but it remains unclear as to which specific modality of …

Fine motor skills predict maths ability better than they predict reading ability in the early primary school years

NJ Pitchford, C Papini, LA Outhwaite… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Fine motor skills have long been recognized as an important foundation for development in
other domains. However, more precise insights into the role of fine motor skills, and their …

Nature and culture of finger counting: Diversity and representational effects of an embodied cognitive tool

A Bender, S Beller - Cognition, 2012 - Elsevier
Studies like the one conducted by Domahs et al.(2010, in Cognition) corroborate that finger
counting habits affect how numbers are processed, and legitimize the assumption that this …

You can count on your fingers: The role of fingers in early mathematical development

F Soylu, FK Lester Jr, SD Newman - Journal of Numerical …, 2018 - jnc.psychopen.eu
Even though mathematics is considered one of the most abstract domains of human
cognition, recent work on embodiment of mathematics has shown that we make sense of …

The role of embodied cognition for transforming learning

JMB Fugate, SL Macrine, C Cipriano - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Cognitive psychology has undergone a paradigm shift in the ways we understand how
knowledge is acquired and represented within the brain, yet the implications for how this …

[HTML][HTML] Fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children's numerical competencies

U Fischer, SP Suggate, H Stoeger - Acta Psychologica, 2022 - Elsevier
Facets of fine motor skills (FMS) and finger gnosia have been reported to predict young
children's numerical competencies, possibly by affecting early finger counting experiences …

Cerebellum and integration of neural networks in dual-task processing

T Wu, J Liu, M Hallett, Z Zheng, P Chan - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Performing two tasks simultaneously (dual-task) is common in human daily life. The neural
correlates of dual-task processing remain unclear. In the current study, we used a dual motor …

The implicit contribution of fine motor skills to mathematical insight in early childhood

U Fischer, SP Suggate, H Stoeger - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Understanding number magnitude is an important prerequisite for children's mathematical
development. One early experience that contributes to this understanding is the common …