The ability to act jointly with others is a hallmark of primate evolution and is fundamental for human development. In recent years, the study of coordination strategies between individuals performing joint actions has received growing attention. However, when, in the course of post-natal development, this cognitive-motor function emerges is still unknown. Here, we studied dyads of peers aged 6-9 years, as well as adult subjects, while they performed a task where the same action, namely, exerting hand force on an isometric joystick to move a visual cursor from a central toward a peripheral target, was performed in a "solo" and in a social "cooperative" context. The results revealed that during joint action planning, an attempt to synchronize one's own action with that of a partner emerges at 7 years of age, together with a reduction in the duration and variability of the reaction times. A critical time is 8 years, when "solo" performance reaches a high level of accuracy. From this age, another coordination strategy, based on the online monitoring of the peer's behavior, seems to be implemented during the execution of joint action. The motor and cognitive development occurring during childhood are discussed as possible mechanisms mediating, respectively, the capability and the propensity to take into account the peer's behavior for implementing a common action plan.
Development of motor coordination during joint action in mid-childhood / Satta, Eleonora; FERRARI TONIOLO, Simone; VISCO COMANDINI, Federica; Caminiti, Roberto; BATTAGLIA MAYER, Alessandra. - In: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA. - ISSN 0028-3932. - STAMPA. - 105:(2017), pp. 111-122. [10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.04.027]
Development of motor coordination during joint action in mid-childhood
SATTA, ELEONORA;FERRARI TONIOLO, SIMONE;VISCO COMANDINI, FEDERICA;CAMINITI, Roberto;BATTAGLIA MAYER, Alessandra
2017
Abstract
The ability to act jointly with others is a hallmark of primate evolution and is fundamental for human development. In recent years, the study of coordination strategies between individuals performing joint actions has received growing attention. However, when, in the course of post-natal development, this cognitive-motor function emerges is still unknown. Here, we studied dyads of peers aged 6-9 years, as well as adult subjects, while they performed a task where the same action, namely, exerting hand force on an isometric joystick to move a visual cursor from a central toward a peripheral target, was performed in a "solo" and in a social "cooperative" context. The results revealed that during joint action planning, an attempt to synchronize one's own action with that of a partner emerges at 7 years of age, together with a reduction in the duration and variability of the reaction times. A critical time is 8 years, when "solo" performance reaches a high level of accuracy. From this age, another coordination strategy, based on the online monitoring of the peer's behavior, seems to be implemented during the execution of joint action. The motor and cognitive development occurring during childhood are discussed as possible mechanisms mediating, respectively, the capability and the propensity to take into account the peer's behavior for implementing a common action plan.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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