Children’s first handwriting productions show a rhythmic structure

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• dc.contributor.author Pagliarini, Elena
• dc.contributor.author Scocchia, Lisa
• dc.contributor.author Vernice, Mirta
• dc.contributor.author Zoppello, Marina
• dc.contributor.author Balottin, Umberto
• dc.contributor.author Bouamama, Sana
• dc.contributor.author Guasti, Maria Teresa
• dc.contributor.author Stucchi, Natale
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-28T10:08:28Z
• dc.date.available 2024-05-28T10:08:28Z
• dc.date.issued 2017
• dc.description Includes supplementary materials for the online appendix.
• dc.description.abstract Although much research has been concerned with the development of kinematic aspects of handwriting, little is known about the development along with age of two principles that govern its rhythmic organization: Homothety and Isochrony. Homothety states that the ratio between the durations of the single motor events composing a motor act remains invariant and independent from the total duration of the movement. Isochrony refers to the proportional relationship between the speed of movement execution and the length of its trajectory. The current study shows that children comply with both principles since their first grade of primary school. The precocious adherence to these principles suggests that an internal representation of the rhythm of handwriting is available before the age in which handwriting is performed automatically. Overall, these findings suggest that despite being a cultural acquisition, handwriting appears to be shaped by more general constraints on the timing planning of the movements.
• dc.description.sponsorship The authors would like to thank the PREDICTABLE grant (Grant agreement no: 641858), “Understanding and predicting developmental language abilities and disorders inmultilingual Europe” funded by the European Commission for providing financial support to E.P. We also acknowledge all the children who participated in the study and to their parents. Finally, we would like to thank Carlo Toneatto (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) for technical assistance and thank Akke Mats Houben and Luca L. Bonatti for their useful comments on previous drafts of this paper.
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• dc.identifier.citation Pagliarini E, Scocchia L, Vernice M, Zoppello M, Balottin U, Bouamama S, et al. Children’s first handwriting productions show a rhythmic structure. Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 17;7(1):5516. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05105-6
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05105-6
• dc.identifier.issn 2045-2322
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60263
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Nature Research
• dc.relation.ispartof Scientific Reports . 2017 Jul 17;7(1):5516
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• dc.subject.other Infants -- Desenvolupament
• dc.subject.other Escolars
• dc.subject.other Escriptura
• dc.title Children’s first handwriting productions show a rhythmic structure
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