Is the fine motor-executive functions link stronger for new compared to repeated fine motor tasks?

ABSTRACT: Although the motor-executive function (EF) link is actively being investigated, there remain open questions surrounding why some studies found associations between specific motor and specific EF tasks, while others did not. Furthermore, it is also yet unknown which factors impact the magnitude of the motor-EF link. Findings from neuroimaging studies have proposed that neural activity in networks that are important for motor and cognitive tasks is especially strong when a task is new. In the present behavioral study, we systematically investigated the impact that task novelty had on the motor-EF link. In our study, n = 124 kindergarten children aged five to six administered in a within-subject design three fine motor tasks of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (Posting Coins, Th

SUBMITTER: Maurer MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7644017 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature