Sensory Motor Inhibition as a Prerequisite for Theory-of-Mind: A Comparison of Clinical and Normal Preschoolers Differing in Sensory Motor Abilities
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| Title: | Sensory Motor Inhibition as a Prerequisite for Theory-of-Mind: A Comparison of Clinical and Normal Preschoolers Differing in Sensory Motor Abilities |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Chasiotis, Athanasios, Kiessling, Florian, Winter, Vera, Hofer, Jan |
| Source: | International Journal of Behavioral Development. 2006 30(2):178-190. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2006 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Inhibition, Perceptual Motor Learning, Sensory Integration, Preschool Children, Occupational Therapy, Social Cognition, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis |
| Geographic Terms: | Germany |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0165025406063637 |
| ISSN: | 0165-0254 |
| Abstract: | After distinguishing between neocortical abilities for executive control and subcortical sensory motor skills for proprioceptive and vestibular integration, we compare a sample of 116 normal preschoolers with a sample of 31 preschoolers receiving occupational therapeutical treatment. This is done in an experimental design controlled for age (mean: 49 months), sex, SES, linguistic abilities, and intelligence. Inhibition and theory-of-mind are measured with test batteries. Results show that children having deficits in sensory motor inhibition are less competent in conflict inhibition and in theory-of-mind. Regression analyses reveal that in the clinical sample conflict inhibition is a significantly stronger predictor of theory-of-mind than in the control group. These results point at a basic sensory motor inhibitory ability as a prerequisite for the development of theory-of-mind. (Contains 6 tables and 5 footnotes.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 82 |
| Entry Date: | 2008 |
| Accession Number: | EJ813544 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | After distinguishing between neocortical abilities for executive control and subcortical sensory motor skills for proprioceptive and vestibular integration, we compare a sample of 116 normal preschoolers with a sample of 31 preschoolers receiving occupational therapeutical treatment. This is done in an experimental design controlled for age (mean: 49 months), sex, SES, linguistic abilities, and intelligence. Inhibition and theory-of-mind are measured with test batteries. Results show that children having deficits in sensory motor inhibition are less competent in conflict inhibition and in theory-of-mind. Regression analyses reveal that in the clinical sample conflict inhibition is a significantly stronger predictor of theory-of-mind than in the control group. These results point at a basic sensory motor inhibitory ability as a prerequisite for the development of theory-of-mind. (Contains 6 tables and 5 footnotes.) |
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| ISSN: | 0165-0254 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0165025406063637 |
