What Is Tactile-Kinesthetic Processing?

Tactile-kinesthetic ability refers to motor movements, and there are two classes: tactile or fine motor (speech production, handwriting, typing) and kinesthetic or gross motor (running, athletics). Motor memory is a very powerful tool. Physical activities such as riding a bicycle remain in active memory, once the skill has been acquired, despite the time lapse that occurs between rides. Therefore, the movements of the hand while writing and of the speech organs and vocal tract during phoneme or word production provide a crucial pathway of the learning process. The area of the language brain that controls the vocal tract is called Broca’s Area.

Broca’s area is located on the inferior frontal gyrus in the frontal lobe. It is the speech center of the language brain as it directs the muscles of the jaw, tongue, and throat to form the sounds that make up words.