Lateralization left out: the interconnections between language, motor skills, executive function, and social skills in preschool children

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dc.contributor.authorvan Rootselaar, Nicole A.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorLi, Fangfang
dc.contributor.supervisorGonzalez, Claudia L. R.
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-08T19:35:36Z
dc.date.available2024-10-08T19:35:36Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.degree.levelPh.D
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this thesis is to investigate the role of hand preference in preschool development using comprehensive measures to assess five dimensions: lateralized hand use, language, fine motor skills, executive function, and social competence. Early right-hand preference has been linked to better cognitive skills, but rarely studied comprehensively alongside multiple assessments of child cognitive abilities. I conducted three studies with two general goals; examine the relationship between hand preference and the four other dimension, and compare the relationships between all five areas using a single cohort of children. I found that hand preference had a small effect on child cognitive performance whereas social competence consistently appeared as a predictor of success for each cognitive skill. This result suggests that programs and interventions for enhancing cognitive function should place special emphasis on social competency.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6935
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Neuroscience
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Neuroscience
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Science
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)
dc.subjectpreschool children
dc.subjecthand preference
dc.subjectsocial competency
dc.subjectlanguage
dc.subjectfine motor skills
dc.subjectexecutive function
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.subject.lcshPreschool children--Research
dc.subject.lcshLeft- and right-handedness--Research
dc.subject.lcshSocial skills--Research
dc.subject.lcshMotor ability in children--Research
dc.subject.lcshCognitive styles in children--Research
dc.subject.lcshChildren--Language--Research
dc.subject.lcshExecutive functions (Neuropsychology)--Research
dc.titleLateralization left out: the interconnections between language, motor skills, executive function, and social skills in preschool children
dc.typeThesis
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