TY - CHAP
T1 - The Interplay of Bilingualism and PsychomotorDevelopment in Children
T2 - Enhancing Cognitive and Physical Growth
AU - Mantsos, Evangelos
AU - Megari, Kalliopi
AU - Argyriadi, Agathi
AU - Argyriadis, Alexandros
AU - Kougioumtzis, Georgios A.
AU - Efthymiou, Efthymia
AU - Vasileiou, Ilias
AU - Karvounis, Miltiadis
AU - Theodoratou, Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025/1/1
Y1 - 2025/1/1
N2 - Early childhood development is crucial for establishing cognitive, physical, and social skills. Bilingualism significantly influences this, particularly in psychomotor development, which integrates physical movement with cognitive processes. This chapter explores how bilingual children's dual-language experience enhances their psychomotor skills. Psychomotor development involves motor skills and cognitive abilities like attention, memory, and executive functions. Bilingualism enriches this connection because managing two languages demands considerable mental effort. Bilingual children often show superior attentional control and working memory, vital for psychomotor tasks such as coordinating movements and following complex instructions. This advantage is evident in physical activities like sports or dance, where they display better attention regulation and task-switching efficiency.
AB - Early childhood development is crucial for establishing cognitive, physical, and social skills. Bilingualism significantly influences this, particularly in psychomotor development, which integrates physical movement with cognitive processes. This chapter explores how bilingual children's dual-language experience enhances their psychomotor skills. Psychomotor development involves motor skills and cognitive abilities like attention, memory, and executive functions. Bilingualism enriches this connection because managing two languages demands considerable mental effort. Bilingual children often show superior attentional control and working memory, vital for psychomotor tasks such as coordinating movements and following complex instructions. This advantage is evident in physical activities like sports or dance, where they display better attention regulation and task-switching efficiency.
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U2 - 10.4018/979-8-3373-1752-6.ch007
DO - 10.4018/979-8-3373-1752-6.ch007
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105024652555
SN - 9798337317526
SP - 187
EP - 206
BT - Optimizing Bilingual Development in Typical and Atypical Children
PB - IGI Global
ER -