Hi Carol & Everyone, I do not know of specific research associating infants' crawling and later reading achievement, but there are two particularly relevant lines of research. First psychometrically, infant intelligence tests like the Bayley use motor milestones and these help predict later IQ scores and learning disabilities (though the correlations are relatively small). One possible reason for low correlations longitudinally is that many other factors are associated with motor milestones (e.g., easy-going temperament predicts later motor milestone achievement). Second, the Perception-Action framework shows a fairly strong pattern of associations between perception, actions, and broadly-speaking infant problem solving (like tool use, detours, and the means-ends sequencing task). These ideas begin in the work of the Gibson's and you can find some interesting contemporary experiments with searches for Jeff Lockman, Karen Adolph, or keyword "perception-action."
Kevin http://www.DevPsy.org/ On Jul 9, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Carol DeVolder wrote: > Hi, > A student recently e-mailed me and asked a question that I can't answer. He > wrote that his mother adamantly claims there is a strong correlation between > infants' crawling and their eventual reading ability and he says their isn't. > He said he has done some searching of the literature and has found nothing > and asked if I know of any evidence to which he could turn; but, since this > isn't my area I wonder if any developmental psychology experts could offer > suggestions. > Thanks from me and from my student, > Carol _.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._ ~ all you can take with you is that which you've given away ~ ~ teaching & learning developmental psychology ~ ~ http://www.DevPsy.org ~ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=11355 or send a blank email to leave-11355-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
