But the idea that brain training has a positive impact on thinking because it trains the brain like a muscle has quite weak evidence. According to current theories and findings, the brain becomes quite specialized during development, with certain actions (such as walking) being very precisely linked to specific neural regions and networks. certain scriptures.
Therefore, it is difficult to believe that finger movements can train the brain so that while moving, other non-motor aspects such as normal intelligence are also automatically trained.
There are also theories about “body-attached cognition”. According to these theories, thinking depends a lot on the body. The extreme formulations formulated for these doctrines hold that there is no thought that is not somehow anchored in the body. Simply put, the hand becomes an expression of words, it uses gestures/movements that show a lot of a person's inner personality. In that context, fine motor dexterity also makes it possible for thoughts to become sharper.
We must admit that currently there is no scientifically agreed upon and convincing explanation to explain why fine motor skills are linked to intelligence and vocabulary. and mathematics. Many educators – besides Rudolf Steiner and the esteemed Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky among others – have described child development in these terms: walking – talking – thinking. In this sense, fine motor skills are certainly also an important initial foundation for speaking and then for thinking.
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Translator: Thai Nguyen Hong Nhung
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