Cognitive abilities are essential to children's overall growth; thus, the implementation of early and effective training interventions is a major challenge for developmental psychologists and teachers. This study explores whether an intervention simultaneously operating on fluid reasoning (FR), visuospatial, narrative, and motor abilities could boost these competencies in a group of Italian preschoolers (N = 108, 54 males 54 females, Age_mean = 4.04). FR and visuospatial abilities showed training-related increases at the end of the training and 1-year follow-up (moderate effect size). Interestingly, positive correlations with working memory and mathematical abilities were found. Beyond their scientific relevance, the short- and long-term effects provide fundamental indications for designing and implementing educational programs dedicated to preschoolers.

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支持学龄前儿童的认知发展：流体推理、视觉空间和运动训练的短期和中期影响

认知能力对儿童的整体成长至关重要；因此，实施早期有效的培训干预是发展心理学家和教师面临的一项重大挑战。本研究探讨了同时对流体推理 (FR)、视觉空间、叙述和运动能力进行干预是否可以提高一组意大利学龄前儿童的这些能力（N  = 108，54 名男性 54 名女性，年龄_均值 = 4.04)。FR 和视觉空间能力在训练结束和 1 年随访时显示出与训练相关的增加（中等效应量）。有趣的是，发现与工作记忆和数学能力呈正相关。除了科学相关性之外，短期和长期影响还为设计和实施专门针对学龄前儿童的教育计划提供了基本指示。