Fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children's numerical competencies
Facets of fine motor skills (FMS) and finger gnosia have been reported to predict young children's numerical competencies, possibly by affecting early finger counting experiences. Furthermore, neuronal connections between areas involved in finger motor movement, finger gnosia, and numerical pro...
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| description | Facets of fine motor skills (FMS) and finger gnosia have been reported to predict young children's numerical competencies, possibly by affecting early finger counting experiences. Furthermore, neuronal connections between areas involved in finger motor movement, finger gnosia, and numerical processing have been posited. In this study, FMS and finger gnosia were investigated as predictors for preschool children's performance in numerical tasks. Preschool children (N = 153) completed FMS tasks measuring finger agility and finger dexterity as well as a non-motor finger gnosia task. Furthermore, children completed numerical tasks that involved finger use (i.e., finger counting and finger montring), and tasks that did not (i.e., picture-aided calculation and number line estimation). To control for possible confounding influences of domain general skills, we included measures of reasoning and spatial working memory. We found associations between FMS and both finger counting and calculation, but not finger montring. In contrast, finger gnosia was only associated with finger montring, but not finger counting and calculation. Surprisingly, there were no associations between FMS or finger gnosia with number line estimation. Findings highlight that the relationship between finger gnosia, FMS, and numerical skills is specific to task requirements. Possible implications are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4171b5d04aab40c590721cee739459112022-12-22T02:21:17ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182022-06-01226103576Fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children's numerical competenciesUrsula Fischer0Sebastian Paul Suggate1Heidrun Stoeger2Department of Sport Science, University of Konstanz, Germany; Corresponding author at: Department of Sport Sciences, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz, Germany.Department of Educational Sciences, University of Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Educational Sciences, University of Regensburg, GermanyFacets of fine motor skills (FMS) and finger gnosia have been reported to predict young children's numerical competencies, possibly by affecting early finger counting experiences. Furthermore, neuronal connections between areas involved in finger motor movement, finger gnosia, and numerical processing have been posited. In this study, FMS and finger gnosia were investigated as predictors for preschool children's performance in numerical tasks. Preschool children (N = 153) completed FMS tasks measuring finger agility and finger dexterity as well as a non-motor finger gnosia task. Furthermore, children completed numerical tasks that involved finger use (i.e., finger counting and finger montring), and tasks that did not (i.e., picture-aided calculation and number line estimation). To control for possible confounding influences of domain general skills, we included measures of reasoning and spatial working memory. We found associations between FMS and both finger counting and calculation, but not finger montring. In contrast, finger gnosia was only associated with finger montring, but not finger counting and calculation. Surprisingly, there were no associations between FMS or finger gnosia with number line estimation. Findings highlight that the relationship between finger gnosia, FMS, and numerical skills is specific to task requirements. Possible implications are discussed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691822000919Finger countingFine motor skillsFinger gnosiaNumerical skillsEmbodied numerosityEarly mathematics |
| spellingShingle | Ursula Fischer Sebastian Paul Suggate Heidrun Stoeger Fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children's numerical competencies Acta Psychologica Finger counting Fine motor skills Finger gnosia Numerical skills Embodied numerosity Early mathematics |
| title | Fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children's numerical competencies |
| title_full | Fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children's numerical competencies |
| title_fullStr | Fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children's numerical competencies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children's numerical competencies |
| title_short | Fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children's numerical competencies |
| title_sort | fine motor skills and finger gnosia contribute to preschool children s numerical competencies |
| topic | Finger counting Fine motor skills Finger gnosia Numerical skills Embodied numerosity Early mathematics |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691822000919 |
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