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Hoyer, Roxane S.; Elshafei, Hesham; Hemmerlin, Julie; Bouet, Romain; Bidet-Caulet, Aurélie – Child Development, 2021
Distractibility is the propensity to behaviorally react to irrelevant information. Although children are more distractible the younger they are, the precise contribution of attentional and motor components to distractibility and their developmental trajectories have not been characterized yet. We used a new behavioral paradigm to identify the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Attention Control
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Tsao, Raphaele; Fartoukh, Mickael; Barbier, Marie-Laure – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: Although there is growing awareness about the potential for people with Down syndrome (DS) to become literate, we know little about the characteristics of handwriting within this population. Methods: Thirty-three participants took part in this experiment. Eleven adults with DS and 22 typically developing individuals (11 children…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mental Age, Handwriting, Down Syndrome
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Leverrier, Celine; Gauthier, Antoine; Nicolas, Arnaud; Molinaro, Corinne – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2011
The purpose of this study was to observe the effects of a submaximal isometric training program on estimation capacity at 25, 50, and 75% of maximal contraction in isometric action and at two angular velocities. The second purpose was to study the variability of isometric action. To achieve these purposes, participants carried out an isokinetic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Training, Scheduling