Embodied cognition: challenges for psychology and education

T Ionescu, D Vasc - Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Embodied cognition considers that human cognition is fundamentally grounded in sensory-
motor processes and in our body's morphology and internal states. In this paper, we discuss …

Relations between playing activities and fine motor development

S Suggate, H Stoeger, E Pufke - Early Child Development and Care, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Children's fine motor skills (FMS) are being increasingly recognized as an important aspect
of preschool development; yet, we know very little about the experiences that foster their …

Fine motor skills enhance lexical processing of embodied vocabulary: A test of the nimble-hands, nimble-minds hypothesis

S Suggate, H Stoeger - Quarterly Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Research suggests that fine motor skills (FMS) are linked to aspects of cognitive
development in children. Additionally, lexical processing advantages exist for words …

[HTML][HTML] What changes in neural oscillations can reveal about developmental cognitive neuroscience: Language development as a case in point

MJ Maguire, AD Abel - Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2013 - Elsevier
EEG is a primary method for studying temporally precise neuronal processes across the
lifespan. Most of this work focuses on event related potentials (ERPs); however, using time …

Do nimble hands make for nimble lexicons? Fine motor skills predict knowledge of embodied vocabulary items

SP Suggate, H Stoeger - First Language, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Theories and research in embodied cognition postulate that cognition grounded in action
enjoys a processing advantage. Extending this theory to the study of how fine motor skills …

Language learning in preschool children: an embodied learning account

T Ionescu, A Ilie - Early child development and care, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In Romanian preschool settings, there is a tendency to use abstract strategies in language-
learning activities. The present study explored if strategies based on an embodied cognition …

Effects of environmental sounds on the guessability of animated graphic symbols

AC Harmon, RW Schlosser, B Gygi… - Augmentative and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Graphic symbols are a necessity for pre-literate children who use aided augmentative and
alternative communication (AAC) systems (including non-electronic communication boards …

Fine motor skills and lexical processing in children and adults

RE Winter, H Stoeger, SP Suggate - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Children's fine motor skills (FMS) link to cognitive development, however, research on their
involvement in language processing, also with adults, is scarce. Lexical items are processed …

Parent‐Reported Relations Between Vocabulary and Motor Development in Infancy: Differences Between Verbs and Nouns

KL Frewin, SA Gerson, RE Vanderwert, C Gambi - Infancy, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
During early development, increases in vocabulary are related to gains in motor ability,
above and beyond the effects of maturation alone. However, little is known about the …

身体部位与早期习得的汉语动词的联结及其对动词习得年龄的影响

陈永香, 朱莉琪 - 心理学报, 2014 - journal.psych.ac.cn
在英语等语言中, 动词习得被认为比名词习得更困难, 而汉语儿童在3 岁以前却习得了大量动词,
仅表现出微弱的“名词优势”. Ma, Golinkoff, Hirsh-Pasek, McDonough 和Tardif (2009) 发现 …