Kinesiology 3347A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Neurotrophic Factors, Jean Piaget

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3347A/B
• Professor: Liardi

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Role of action in perception: developmentalists suspect that movement is important to perceptual development, movement is necessary for the coupling/linking of perception & movement. Motor programs: any program that ties motor movement together with perceptual abilities, key areas: gross motor skills, fine motor skills, isolation, laterality, establishment of preferred hand, balance, body & space awareness, visual & spatial tasks, rhythm sequence, communication. Historical views: perceptual-motor theories of the 1960s, speculated that learning disabilities could be remediated through perceptual- motor programs, early evaluations were flawed (attention bias, only a small amount of evidence exists that perceptual-motor programs improved classroom skills. Griffen & colleagues (2011: groups a & b performed photo/name recall test. Co(cid:374)te(cid:373)porary views (cid:894)co(cid:374)t"d(cid:895: ecological views include the following, perception of environment comes before purposeful movement, the perception-action loops guide movement, limited perception of environment movement generation of additional perceptions. Incorporate pa breaks during class: recess, gym class mandatory.