Reaction Times of Preschool Children on the Ruler Drop Test: A Cross-Sectional Study With Reference Values

Primer Autor
Salas-Sanchez, Jesus
Co-autores
Angel Latorre-Roman, Pedro#Robles-Fuentes, Alejandro#Garcia-Pinillos, Felipe
Título
Reaction Times of Preschool Children on the Ruler Drop Test: A Cross-Sectional Study With Reference Values
Editorial
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Revista
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
Lenguaje
en
Resumen
Reaction time (RT) tasks assess several brain functions, and a slow RT can be due to various brain diseases, disorders, and acquired conditions. This study examined age and gender differences in RTs of Spanish preschool children on the ruler drop test (RDT) and presents norm-referenced results. Participants were 3,741 children (1,845 girls and 1,896 boys, mean [M] age=55.93, standard deviation [SD]=11.14 months, M body mass index=15.94, SD=1.91kg/m(2)), selected from 51 schools in southern Spain. We measured RT with the RDT, and we collected both right- and left-hand data. We expressed normative mean RDT values of both hands according to gender and age in percentiles. Based on mean RDT scores, girls exhibited a poorer performance than boys aged 4 years (p=.032, Cohen's d=-0.122) and 5 years (p=.001, Cohen's d=-0.194). For the whole group, RDT performance was faster with increased age, from the age of five years.
Tipo de Recurso
Artículo original
doi
10.1177/0031512518789563
Formato Recurso
pdf
Palabras Claves
early childhood# fitness# health# reaction time
Ubicación del archivo
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0031512518789563
Categoría OCDE
Psychology, Experimental
Materias
primera infancia# aptitud física# salud# tiempo de reacción
Disciplinas de la OCDE
Otras Especialidades de la Psicología
Psicología (Incluyendo relación hombre-máquina)
Pediatría
Id de Web of Science
WOS:000443311200002
Título de la cita (Recomendado-único)
Reaction Times of Preschool Children on the Ruler Drop Test: A Cross-Sectional Study With Reference Values
Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único)
Artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)
version publicada
Editorial
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Revista/Libro
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
Categoría WOS
Psicología Experimental
ISSN
0031-5125
Idioma
en
Formato
pdf
Tipo de ruta
dorada
Access Rights
acceso abierto
Derechos de acceso
acceso abierto
Página de inicio (Recomendado-único)
165
Página final (Recomendado-único)
173
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