El Desarrollo de la Marcha Infantil como Proceso de Aprendizaje

  1. Martín Casas, Patricia
  2. Meneses Monroy, Alfonso
  3. Benéit Montesinos, Juan Vicente
  4. Atín Arratibel, María de los Angeles
Revista:
Acción psicológica

ISSN: 1578-908X

Año de publicación: 2014

Título del ejemplar: Homenaje al profesor Dionisio Manga Rodríguez: contribuciones al desarrollo de la neuropsicología del siglo XX y XXI

Volumen: 11

Número: 1

Páginas: 45-54

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5944/AP.11.1.13866 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Acción psicológica

Resumen

El desarrollo de la marcha infantil es un proceso especialmente complejo en que el intervienen factores motores, perceptivos y cognitivos. Desde el nacimiento, el niño integra la información recibida y realiza un progresivo control cortical sobre los patrones neuromotores innatos para desarrollar diferentes formas de locomoción hasta la marcha independiente. Estas ideas no son novedosas pero se están revisando en la actualidad y han motivado numerosos cambios en el estudio del desarrollo infantil. La consideración de la adquisición de la marcha como un aprendizaje en situaciones de constante cambio permite comprender la marcha como acción, cuya realización implica la adquisición de nuevas capacidades de interacción y conocimientos. En este trabajo se exponen los principales conocimientos acerca de este proceso de aprendizaje y se propone destacar las alteraciones de la marcha como indicadores de dificultades en el desarrollo, que requieren una valoración y un abordaje terapéutico interdisciplinares.

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