Associations between fine motor skills and cognitive and socioemotional development in toddlers

Abstract

[Excerpt] Introduction: The early years of life are critical for a child’s development, including motor, cognitive and socioemotional skills. In this period, the brain and central nervous system grow rapidly as new. Current evidence shows that motor and cognitive development overlap and are interrelated. Still, a better understanding is needed of the associations between the control and development of fine motor and cognitive and socioemotional skills, in early ages. [...]