Motor Development Interaction With Affect Children’s Cognitive And Perceptual Development

Motor development interaction with/affect children’s cognitive and/or perceptual development
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Q: In your opinion and based on scientific, peer-reviewed published evidence, does children’s motor development interact with/affect children’s cognitive and/or perceptual development?

Opening statement
Children’s motor development interacts with/affects children’s cognitive and/or perceptual development as motor performance is related to the cognitive and perceptual domains of development.
Arguments in support of opening statement
Motor development is associated with improved body coordination, performance in movements and object control. If motor development interacts with cognitive development then children with impaired development disorders are more likely to show delays in different development domains. Children with poor motor skills have impaired cognitive development and may indicate delays in development including the way the children interact. Cognitive and perceptual development delays may precede motor development, and when inadequate motor skills have this is likely to worsen cognitive development
Motor development affects how the children understand their surroundings. While motor development may interact with/affect children’s cognitive and/or perceptual development the associations change as the child develops. At the early stages of life, motor skills are more likely to be associated with the cognitive and perceptual development domains. The interaction between motor and cognitive development ought to be explored further to be better understand how cognitive-motor skills are linked with childhood development.
Motor skills development improves coordination and is associated with better perceptual development. Motor skill training improves object control and is linked with perceptual development as children exercise judgment to the best of their ability. Children with intellectual disabilities are likely to face more challenges to master the subject. As the children develop motor skills this alters their visual perception and they learn from their surroundings.
Empirical research
Houwen et al (2016) studied the link between cognitive and motor development among children with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The test scor...