Rothman J G
Department of Physical Therapy, College of Allied Health Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
Percept Mot Skills. 1987 Oct;65(2):391-7. doi: 10.2466/pms.1987.65.2.391.
A theoretical controversy exists over the role of early physical experience and motor activity in cognitive development. The purpose of this study was to contribute information to help clarify this relationship by comparing the understanding of order of movement of 30 nonambulatory youngsters with cerebral palsy and 30 nonhandicapped youngsters. Half were boys; half girls; equal numbers were in three age groups of 4 to 5 yr., 7 to 8 yr., and 10 to 11 yr. The order of movement task was designed by Piaget to describe the child's understanding of movement. Statistical analyses showed that youngsters with cerebral palsy were significantly delayed in their understanding of order of movement. These results indicated that the children's physical handicap interfered with their cognitive development.
关于早期身体体验和运动活动在认知发展中的作用存在理论争议。本研究的目的是通过比较30名患有脑瘫的非行走青少年和30名非残疾青少年对运动顺序的理解，来提供有助于阐明这种关系的信息。其中一半是男孩，一半是女孩；在4至5岁、7至8岁和10至11岁这三个年龄组中的人数相等。运动顺序任务由皮亚杰设计，用于描述儿童对运动的理解。统计分析表明，患有脑瘫的青少年在对运动顺序的理解上明显延迟。这些结果表明，儿童的身体残疾干扰了他们的认知发展。
