Predominância lateral e atividades motoras – um estudo em idade pré-escolar

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify the manual preference of children in preschool age, 3-5 years, and characterize the contribution of motor expression activities in the definition of laterality. The study was characterized as a quantitative research involving 16 children of preschool education, 10 female and 6 male gender. As data collection instrument, it was decided to use the Card-reaching task test (Carlier et al., 2006, adapted from Bishop et al., 1996) and Hand Preference Test Van Strien, 2002, (adapted). Based on the results: i) it was found that the maturation appears to be a determinant of laterality, since the manual preference index showed a correlation with age, indicating that older children are more lateralized that younger; ii) noted the predominance of destralidade at all agesand both genders; iii) it was found that the females showed a greater definition of handedness when compared to the male gender and iv) it was concluded that the number of motor activity sessions may not have been sufficient to obtain results that allow us attest to the contribution the same definition in the laterality of children of preschool age, even though they may have contributed to extend its motor vocabulary.