Children's Physical and Motor Development

The contributions of biological maturity and experience to fine motor development in adolescence

This study examines how biological maturity and experience affect fine motor skills in adolescents, finding that bone age strongly predicts sequential motor performance, while chronological age and musical experience also play roles.

Functional heterogeneity of beta bursts in childhood reveals a dimensional neural signature of motor skill

The paper analyzes beta burst dynamics in children with and without developmental coordination disorder to show that waveform-specific burst rates correlate with motor performance rather than diagnostic status.

Proprioceptive and visual motion detection acuity contribute to children dynamic postural control

This study examines the relationship between sensory acuity and dynamic postural control in children, finding significant correlations between balance scores and visual and proprioceptive tests.

Quantifying Effects of Dataset Size, Data Variability, and Data Curvature on Modelling of Simulated Age-Related Motor Development Data

This study simulates motor performance data to assess how dataset size, variability, and curvature affect model accuracy and repeatability in children and youth.

On the typical development of the central sulcus in infancy: a longitudinal evaluation of its morphology and link to behaviour

This study longitudinally evaluates the morphology of the central sulcus in infants and its potential link to motor development.

Characterization of Bilateral Reaching Development Using Augmented Reality Games

This study uses augmented reality games to assess bilateral reaching in children, finding parallel development of symmetric and asymmetric reaching with gender differences and age-related improvements.

Body schema plasticity is altered in Developmental Coordination Disorder

This study investigates body schema plasticity in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) using a tool-use paradigm, finding altered implicit body representation updates but preserved motor learning.

Motor and non-motor sequence prediction is equally affected in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

This study investigates sequence prediction abilities in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) across multiple domains, finding impaired explicit sequence discrimination but not implicit motor performance.

Coordination difficulties, IQ and psychopathology in children with high-risk Copy Number Variants

This study examines motor coordination difficulties in children with high-risk Copy Number Variants (CNVs) and finds a strong association with psychopathology and lower IQ.

Online control of prehension predicts performance on a standardised motor assessment test in 8-12 year-old children

This study examines how online visual control of hand movements in children correlates with standardized motor test performance, finding that movement correction latencies predict motor scores in some groups but not others.