Specific and shared cognitive predictors of drawing and block building in typically developing children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Spatial construction is a complex ability involving attention, global/local visual processing, mental representation, visuo-motor coordination and, to varying extent, working memory and executive functions, and verbal abilities. In developmental neuropsychology, little attention has been paid to comprehend whether and to what extent the above cognitive processes are involved in two main spatial construction tasks, that is drawing and block building.

Method

We used path analysis to test shared and specific effects of verbal and spatial working memory, spatial attention, inhibition, verbal abilities (vocabulary and naming), figure disembedding, mental rotation, and visual-motor coordination, as well as of demographics (sex, age and socio-economic status), on two c

SUBMITTER: Zappullo I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11461352 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature