Among all species on Earth, humans have a unique capability of communication using a
symbolic communication system, ie, verbal and written language. This ability has helped …

Food literacy has emerged as a key individual trait to promote the transformation of food
systems toward healthy and sustainable diets. Childhood and adolescence are key periods …

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the gross and fine motor profiles of
children with autism spectrum disorder compared to typically developing children …

Purpose To investigate whether there is a potential relationship between physical activity
(PA), fundamental motor skills (FMS), and Body Mass Index (BMI) in preschool children and …

A need-supportive environment can provide various motivational benefits to impact
children's psychomotor developmental levels. However, very little is known about the effects …

This study investigated the contribution of fine and gross motor skills to academic and
attentional performance at school entry among 832 boys and girls. Children were tested on …

This study described intra-task fine motor skill components of the Manual Dexterity tasks
(Posting Coins; PC, Threading Beads; TB, Drawing Trail; DT) of the Movement Assessment …

It is unclear why there may be gender differences in the motor skills of same aged children.
We compared motor skill competence of 5-year-old boys and girls (n= 712) and examined …

Fundamental motor skills (FMS) are the basic elements of more complex sport-specific skills
and should be mastered at the end of early childhood; however, the relationship between …

There is some, albeit inconsistent, evidence supporting sex differences in preschoolers'
motor competence (MC), with these observations not uniform when analyzed by age, and …