Can Psychomotricity improve cognitive abilities in infants?
The aim of this study was to determine whether participating in a psychomotricity programme at an early age improves cognition. Thirty infants (11 to 22 months of age) participated in the study. The MerrillPalmer-R test was administered before the intervention in order to measure the General Index o...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2016 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repository: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:170526 |
| Online Access: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/170526 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Psychomotricity Cognition Development Toddlers Psicomotricitat Cognició Desenvolupament Nadons Psicomotricidad Cognición Desarrollo Bebés |
| Summary: | The aim of this study was to determine whether participating in a psychomotricity programme at an early age improves cognition. Thirty infants (11 to 22 months of age) participated in the study. The MerrillPalmer-R test was administered before the intervention in order to measure the General Index of Development, Cognition and Motor Abilities. One group performed one session of psychomotricity per week, another group received two sessions per week, and a third (control) group did not perform any sessions. After intervention, the test scales were administered again. The group who received two weekly sessions obtained higher scores in all measures after intervention compared to baseline. The results suggest that systematic practice of psychomotricity can improve general development and cognition in infants, and that implementing this methodology could thus be useful in educative intervention. |
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