The relationship between motor performance and executive functioning in early childhood: A systematic review on motor demands embedded within executive …

G van der Veer, MH Cantell… - Applied …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This systematic review examined to what extent response demands of executive functioning
(EF) tasks influence the relationship between motor performance and EF in 2-to 6-year-old …

A meta-analysis of the relationship between motor skills and executive functions in typically-developing children

A Gandotra, S Csaba, Y Sattar, V Cserényi… - Journal of Cognition …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The relationship between motor skills and executive functions (EFs) is gaining prominence
in the field of developmental psychology. However, evidence of the motor skills–EFs link in …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a better understanding of the association between motor skills and executive functions in 5-to 6-year-olds: The impact of motor task difficulty

MN Maurer, CM Roebers - Human movement science, 2019 - Elsevier
Different lines of evidence suggest an association between motor skills and executive
functions (EFs) in kindergarten children. Comparatively little is known about the specific …

[HTML][HTML] Developmental coupling of cerebral blood flow and fMRI fluctuations in youth

EB Baller, AM Valcarcel, A Adebimpe… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
The functions of the human brain are metabolically expensive and reliant on coupling
between cerebral blood flow (CBF) and neural activity, yet how this coupling evolves over …

[HTML][HTML] What is trained develops! theoretical perspective on skill learning

H Sigmundsson, L Trana, R Polman, M Haga - Sports, 2017 - mdpi.com
Knowledge about developmental theories is important for experts or specialists working with
children following normal development and children who have various kinds of dysfunction …

[HTML][HTML] A network perspective on the relationship between screen time, executive function, and fundamental motor skills among preschoolers

CML Martins, PFR Bandeira, NBAG Lemos… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The present study aimed to analyze the dynamic and nonlinear association between screen
time, executive function (EF), and fundamental motor skills (FMS) in preschoolers …

[HTML][HTML] Age-related decline in anticipatory motor planning and its relation to cognitive and motor skill proficiency

T Stöckel, K Wunsch, CML Hughes - Frontiers in aging Neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Anticipatory motor planning abilities mature as children grow older, develop throughout
childhood and are likely to be stable till the late sixties. In the seventh decade of life, motor …

Fundamental movement skills and academic performance of 5-to 6-year-old preschoolers

E de Waal - Early Childhood Education Journal, 2019 - Springer
Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are foundational and therefore play an important role in
the overall development, sport-specific skills, and academic achievement of children. The …

The relationship between motor performance and parent-rated executive functioning in 3-to 5-year-old children: What is the role of confounding variables?

S Houwen, G van der Veer, J Visser… - Human Movement Science, 2017 - Elsevier
It is generally agreed that motor performance and executive functioning (EF) are intertwined.
As the literature on this issue concerning preschool children is scarce, we examined the …

An exploratory study of the relationship between motor skills and indicators of cognitive and socio-emotional development in preschoolers

A Gandotra, E Kotyuk, R Bizonics, I Khan… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Motor skills develop rapidly during early childhood and are considered important for optimal
child development. However, little is known about the relationship of motor skills with …