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Author(s)
David Catela, Catarina Silva, Joana Reis, Ana Paula Seabra
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2018.11.004
Affiliation(s)
Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Santarém, Portugal
ABSTRACT
A two streams system seems to
exist for tactile perception. We asked kindergarten children to identify
(semantic) and describe the function of grasped unseen instruments of their
daily life (fork, knife, spoon, brush, toothbrush, pencil, and scissor), and then,
to simulate its use (pragmatic). The capacity to describe the function of the
set of instruments was significantly superior to that of identifying them by
name, although there was a significant direct association between
identification and description of the function in the responses to the set of
instruments. The simulation of the instrument function was of two types: (i) use―the child
simulated how the instrument is grasped and used; and
(ii) incorporation―the child simulated the function of
the instrument with her/his own hand. The results support the hypothesis of a two streams tactile system
(semantic and pragmatic), and that kindergarten children have the ability to
incorporate functional properties of instruments of their daily life, probably
as a support for language development.
KEYWORDS
children, language development, tactile perception, tool, two streams system
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