Object Skill Advantage in Infants with a Hand Preference

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作者
Marcinowski, Emily C. [1 ]
Michel, George F. [2 ]
Nelson, Eliza L. [3 ]
机构
[1] Louisiana State Univ, Sch Kinesiol, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 USA
[2] Univ North Carolina Greensboro, Dept Psychol, Greensboro, NC 27412 USA
[3] Florida Int Univ, Dept Psychol, Miami, FL 33199 USA
来源
SYMMETRY-BASEL | 2024年 / 16卷 / 09期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
infants; handedness; hand preference; lateralization; object skill; manipulation; HANDEDNESS; TRAJECTORIES; MANIPULATION; MILESTONES; CHILDREN; LANGUAGE; BIRTH; AGE; ASYMMETRIES; POSITION;
D O I
10.3390/sym16091148
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
How infants engage with objects changes dramatically over the first year of life. While some infants exhibit a consistent hand preference for acquiring objects during this period, others have no identifiable preference. The goal of this study was to test whether lateralization confers an advantage in the development of early object management skills. We examined whether lateralized infants show different rates of growth in how they interact with multiple objects as compared to infants without a hand preference. In a longitudinal study consisting of seven monthly visits from 6 to 12 months, 303 infants were assessed for their hand preference and object management skill (i.e., holding up to three objects). Group-Based Trajectory Modeling (GBTM) identified the following three hand preference trajectory groups: Left, Right, and No Preference (NP). A Hierarchical Generalized Linear Model (HGLM) with the NP infants as the reference group for statistical comparisons revealed that while all the infants showed similar trends in their object management skills over time, the lateralized infants had an advantage over the non-lateralized infants. The infants in the Right and Left groups transitioned from holding one to two objects more quickly relative to the NP infants. Further research is needed to determine if this early object skill advantage cascades to a more complex handling of multiple objects.
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