The neuroscience of motor development: the future path and layout

Abstract

The development of children’s early motor can be regarded as an individual’s early explicit intelligence, and the lifelong development of motor is closely related to an individual’s cognitive development, and personality and social development. The revolutionary development of cognitive neuroscience and brain science technology provides the foundation and opportunity for studying neural mechanisms of lifelong development in the field of motor. From the perspective of lifelong development, the generation of motor and the acquisition of motor skills are milestones of infant development. The effectiveness, accuracy and stability of motor skills in childhood and adolescence develop rapidly. From the early to late adulthood, motor ability experiences a peak and then a significant decline. Current research on neural mechanisms of actions mainly discusses the changes in brain structure and brain network connections behind the generation, development and decline of actions during the lifelong development. From the perspective of cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience, this article reviewed the developmental characteristics of individual motor in infancy, child, adolescence and adulthood and neural mechanisms behind it. It also put forward the challenges and problems to be solved in the future of cognitive neuroscience, and analyzed and predicted the future research and development in this field in China.