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Villarrasa-Sapiña, Israel; Estevan, Isaac; Gonzalez, Luis-Millan; Marco-Ahulló, Adrià; García-Massó, Xavier – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This study analyzed the development of postural control and the cost of the cognitive task on postural control in the bipedal standing position during childhood. Sixty-six normally developed children divided into four groups by age participated in this study. Single (ST) and dual-tasks (DT) were conducted in the bipedal standing position with eyes…
Descriptors: Human Posture, Young Children, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
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Pezzica, Sara; Pinto, Giuliana; Bigozzi, Lucia; Vezzani, Claudio – Educational Psychology, 2016
The aim of the present research is to assess the developmental pattern of the metacognitive knowledge of attention in Italian primary school students. Data were collected from 95 pupils divided into two age groups: the first (6-8 years) and second primary school cycles (8-10 years). The children were asked to perform two specific thematic drawings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Elementary School Students, Age Differences
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Chisholm, Joseph D.; Risko, Evan F.; Kingstone, Alan – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2013
The emerging literature on embodied cognition highlights the role that the body plays in cognitive and affective processes. We investigated whether different body postures, specifically leaning postures thought to reflect different states of cognitive focus, can impact cognitive focus and task performance. In three experiments we confirmed that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Human Body