Interconnected Pathways: Postural Stability and Vocabulary Skills in Preschool-Aged Children
Giulia Calignano, Giorgia Lettere, Irene Leo, Francesca Maritan, Laura Mattera, Patrizia Granata, Daniela Lucangeli, Eloisa Valenza, Matteo Alessio Chiappedi · 2023
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Description
Giulia Calignano and co-authors report a 2023 study of young children. Past work links posture and language in infancy. The team asks how that link looks in preschool years, when both skills grow fast. The study held 222 children aged two to five. Balance was scored by how long and how well each child held a posture. Word skills covered both grasping words and using them.
Age and task difficulty shaped the results strongly. Network analysis mapped how balance and word measures connect to each other. The team used layered models that respect age groups in the data. Teachers and therapists get a fuller picture than a single score link. Motor and language growth may support each other in these years. Screening that checks both domains could catch delays earlier. The design is a snapshot, so it cannot show which skill drives the other over time.
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| CREATOR | Giulia Calignano, Giorgia Lettere, Irene Leo, Francesca Maritan, Laura Mattera, Patrizia Granata, Daniela Lucangeli, Eloisa Valenza, Matteo Alessio Chiappedi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |