Hand-eye-foot laterality and its relation to spatial organization deficit in schoolchildren

• Autor(a) principal: LUCENA, Neide Maria Gomes de
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: SOARES, Daniele de Almeida, SOARES, Luciana Maria de Morais Martins, ARAGÃO, Paulo Ortiz Rocha de, RAVAGNI, Eduardo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/7120
• topic: Desenvolvimento infantil; Distúrbios de aprendizagem; Lateralidade; Childhood development; Learning disabilities; Lateral dominance

The purposes of this study were 1) to verify the relationship between hand-eye-foot laterality and spatial organization deficit in schoolchildren, and 2) to categorize the variations in laterality in this population. The sample comprised 400 children aged 6-10 from public and private schools in João Pessoa (Paraíba state, Brazil). Laterality and spatial organization were assessed using the Harris Test of Lateral Dominanceand the Piaget-Head Battery, respectively. The results demonstrated 23 types of hand-eye-foot laterality, with the highest proportion (48.75%) showing pure dextrality (right-handedness, right-eyedness and right-footedness). Pure sinistrality was significantly (p<0.05) associated with spatial organization deficit. The results point to the importance of implementing motor stimulation programs which focus on children’s laterality and spatial organization during the daily school routine, as a means to preventing and intervening in distortions in their learningprocess.