title: Representation of grasp postures and anticipatory motor planning in children.
abstract: In this study, we investigated anticipatory motor planning and the development of cognitive representation of grasp postures in children aged 7, 8, and 9 years. Overall, 9-year-old children were more likely to plan their movements to end in comfortable postures, and have distinct representational structures of certain grasp postures, compared to the 7- and 8-year old children. Additionally, the sensitivity toward comfortable end-states (end-state comfort) was related to the mental representation of certain grasp postures. Children with grasp comfort related and functionally well-structured representations were more likely to have satisfied end-state comfort in both the simple and the advanced planning condition. In contrast, end-state comfort satisfaction for the advanced planning condition was much lower for children whose cognitive representations were not structured by grasp comfort. The results of the present study support the notion that cognitive action representation plays an important role in the planning and control of grasp postures.
authors.affiliation: Bielefeld University, Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science, "Neurocognition and Action" Research Group, PO Box 100131, 33501, Bielefeld, Germany. tino.stoeckel@uni-bielefeld.de
authors.forename: Tino
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stöckel
authors.forename: Charmayne M L
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schack
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*
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