SMART KIDS HAVE EXCELLENT EYE- TO- HAND COORDINATION

London, July 11: Young children with better eyetohand co- ordination are more likely to achieve higher scores for reading, writing and maths, according to a study.

The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, suggests that schools should provide extra support to children who are clumsy.

“The results show that eye- to- hand co- ordination and interceptive timing are robust predictors of how well young children will perform at school,” said Mark Mon- Williams, a professor at the University of Leeds in the UK.

Over 300 children aged four to 11 took part in computer tasks to measure their co- ordination and interceptive timing — their ability to interact with a moving object.

The tasks designed to measure eye- to- hand coordination involved steering, taking aim and tracking objects on a computer screen. This task taps into a fundamental cognitive ability.