Sit to Talk: Relation between Motor Skills and Language Development in Infancy
Sit to Talk: Relation between Motor Skills and Language Development in Infancy
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00475
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发表时间：
2016-03-31
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Violi, Dominic A.
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作者：
Libertus, Klaus;Violi, Dominic A.
据报道，在10到14个月大的婴儿中，行走技能和语言发展之间的关系已经被报道。然而，早期出现的运动里程碑是否也会影响语言技能仍是个未知数。目前的研究填补了这一空白，分别考察了伸手和坐着技能与后来的语言发展之间的关系。从婴儿(N=29)大约3个月大的时候开始，对伸手和坐着进行了8次评估。所有评估均已完成，并使用Skype或FaceTime通过视频会议远程录制。随后，在10个月和14个月大时，通过父母问卷(沟通发展量表和早期运动问卷)评估婴儿的语言和运动技能。结果表明，在10个月和14个月龄时，坐姿技能的出现与接受性词汇量之间存在显著的相关性。回归分析进一步证实了这一模式，并发现坐姿的出现除了同时运动技能的影响之外，对随后的语言发展也是一个显着的预测因素。这些发现表明，独立坐着的开始可能会引发一系列的发展，从而增加语言学习的机会。此外，这项研究还展示了如何使用视频会议远程评估婴儿的早期运动技能。
Relations between walking skills and language development have been reported in 10 to 14-month-old infants. However, whether earlier emerging motor milestones also affect language skills remains unknown. The current research fills this gap by examining the relation between reaching and sitting skills and later language development, respectively. Reaching and sitting were assessed eight times, starting when infants (N = 29) were around 3 months of age. All assessments were completed and recorded remotely via videoconference using Skype or FaceTime. Subsequently, infants' language and motor skills were assessed via parent questionnaires (Communicative Development Inventories and Early Motor Questionnaire) at 10 and 14 months of age. Results revealed a significant correlation between the emergence of sitting skills and receptive vocabulary size at 10 and 14 months of age. Regression analyses further confirmed this pattern and revealed that the emergence of sitting is a significant predictor of subsequent language development above and beyond influences of concurrent motor skills. These findings suggest that the onset of independent sitting may initiate a developmental cascade that results in increased language learning opportunities. Further, this study also demonstrates how infants' early motor skills can be assessed remotely using videoconference.