Journal article
A Developmental Study of Interhemispheric Transfer in Children Aged Five to Ten
Child development, Vol.51(3), pp.743-750
09/1980
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1980.tb02609.x
PMID: 7418510
Abstract
In light of anatomical evidence that the corpus callosum does not become fully mature until about age 10, the present study attempted to find evidence of a developmental increase in the efficiency with which information is transferred between the 2 hands (hemispheres). Children were tested at ages 5, 7, and 9 on a battery of 4 tasks which measured the interhemispheric transfer of information necessary to (1) perform a simple size discrimination, (2) reproduce a temporal pattern, (3) reproduce a linear motor movement, and (4) reconstruct a 2-dimensional spatial pattern. All tasks were performed without visual guidance and utilized unilateral tactual and/or kinesthetic input and a 1-handed response. 2 tasks--the motor movement task and the spatial pattern task--showed evidence of a developmental increase in interhemispheric transfer, but the developmental pattern seen on these 2 tasks differed. Possible reasons for the between-task differences are discussed as well as their possible developmental implications.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Developmental Study of Interhemispheric Transfer in Children Aged Five to Ten
- Creators
- Daniel S O'Leary
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child development, Vol.51(3), pp.743-750
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1980.tb02609.x
- PMID
- 7418510
- ISSN
- 0009-3920
- eISSN
- 1467-8624
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1980
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984003996902771
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