The impact of visual-spatial attention on reading and spelling in Chinese children

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 1435-1447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duo Liu ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Ying Wang
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Visual Spatial Attention ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reading And Spelling

scholarly journals Sports and Lateralization of Visual Spatial Attention: A Comparative Study of Practitioners of Foot Orienteering, Judo Wrestlers and Non-Athletes

Psichologija ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Ina Dimitrova
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Brain Organization ◽  
Visual Spatial Attention ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
Right Hand ◽  
Functional Brain Organization ◽  
True Center ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
The Impact

Performance in all sports requires good spatial attention. This study investigates the impact of long-term sports training on lateralization of visual spatial attention and also explores if the type of sport (foot orienteering (FootO) vs. judo) could be related to differentiated effects on the pattern of lateralization. Thirty practitioners of FootO (aged 16-58 years, Mean age = 24.96±10.98; 16 males), 30 judo wrestlers (aged 16-60 years, Mean age = 25.96±10.61; 19 males), and 30 subjects who have never practiced any sport (aged 15-53 years, Mean age = 33.2±11.56; 13 males), were studied with a line-bisection task. All participants were right-handed and the athletes had at least 5 years of active sport practicing. Although the mean transection in the three groups was to the left of the true center regardless of the hand used suggesting right pseudoneglect, the accuracy of both hands was highest in the group of practitioners of FootO and lowest in the non-athletes group. Also, there were no between-hands differences in the accuracy among practitioners of FootO (t(30) = 0.062, p = 0.951), slightly better right hand accuracy in judo wrestlers (t(30) = 0.608, p = 0.548), and significantly better right hand accuracy in non-athletes (t(30) = -2.297, p = 0.029). In general, the results suggest that the active long-term training of any sport may affects functional brain organization of visual spatial attention towards its more balanced hemispheric presentation, but the type of sport is of great importance for the magnitude of the induced changes.

scholarly journals Impaired ability in visual-spatial attention in Chinese children with developmental dyslexia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengyu Tian ◽  
Runzhou Wang ◽  
Hong-Yan Bi
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Developmental Dyslexia ◽  
Search Task ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Conjunction Search ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Chinese Reading ◽  
Visual Spatial Attention ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
Alphabetic Language

Many studies demonstrated that alphabetic language speaking children with developmental dyslexia had a deficit in visual-spatial attention, especially in rapid orienting of the attentional spotlight. Chinese, as a logographic language, is characterized as highly visual-spatial complexity. To date, few studies explored the visual-spatial attention of Chinese children with developmental dyslexia. The present study examined the visual-spatial attention of Chinese children with developmental dyslexia using the visual search task. The results showed that Chinese children with developmental dyslexia had poor performances in conjunction search, indicating that they had a deficit in the rapid orienting of visual-spatial attention. Meanwhile, only the conjunction search was a significant predictor of Chinese characters reading when other variables were controlled. These results indicated that Chinese dyslexic children had a deficit in visual-spatial attention, and visual-spatial attention played a special role in Chinese reading development.

scholarly journals Exploring the impact of chronic high-altitude exposure on visual spatial attention using the ERP approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. e00944
Author(s):  
Delong Zhang ◽  
Hailin Ma ◽  
Jiaqun Huang ◽  
Xinjuan Zhang ◽  
Huifang Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Visual Spatial Attention ◽  
Altitude Exposure ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
The Impact

Deconstructing Occupational Performance: Investigating the Impact of a Visual–Spatial Attention Intervention on Motor and Subsystem Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 7512520374p1-7512520374p1
Author(s):  
Yocheved Bensinger-Brody ◽  
Shifra Leiser
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Disorders ◽  
Attention Training ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Visual Spatial Attention ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
Pediatric Populations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Primary Author

Abstract Date Presented 04/7/21 The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of NeuroTracker 3D-MOT visual–spatial attention training on motor and other subsystem performance in children diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders. We will describe a testing and intervention paradigm that was developed in a series of pilot studies. Exploring the impact of this intervention across subsystems may inform clinical application of this intervention to improve occupational participation in pediatric populations. Primary Author and Speaker: Yocheved Bensinger-Brody Contributing Authors: Michelle Zechner, Ann Murphy, and Meredith Cimmino

Phonological Processing, Visuospatial Skills, and Pattern Understanding in Chinese Developmental Dyscalculia

2021 ◽  
pp. 002221942110636
Author(s):  
Saifang Liu ◽  
Chen Cheng ◽  
Peiqian Wu ◽  
Liming Zhang ◽  
Zhengjun Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phonological Awareness ◽  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Phonological Processing ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Spatial Thinking ◽  
Developmental Dyscalculia ◽  
Visual Spatial Attention ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
Phonological Retrieval

A number of previous studies have identified cognitive deficits in developmental dyscalculia (DD). Yet, most of these studies were in alphabetic languages, whereas few of them examined Chinese DD. Here, we conducted a study aiming to determine the cognitive factors associated with DD in Chinese children. Five candidate cognitive factors of DD—phonological retrieval, phonological awareness, visual–spatial attention, spatial thinking, and pattern understanding—were studied in the present study. A total of 904 Chinese children aged between 8 and 11 years participated in this study. From the sample, 97 children were identified with DD through tests of arithmetic ability, and 93 age and IQ–matched typically developing children were selected as controls. Logistic regression analysis revealed that phonological retrieval, pattern understanding, visual–spatial attention, and phonological awareness significantly predicted DD, whereas spatial thinking failed to do so. Results of logistic relative weights analysis showed that all five factors explained statistically significant amounts of variance in arithmetic scores. Phonological retrieval had the most influence on DD, followed by pattern understanding, visual–spatial attention, phonological awareness, and spatial thinking. These findings have important clinical implications for diagnosis and intervention of Chinese DD.

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