Viktoria Karle

Research Focus:

• The fine-motor and sensorimotor foundations of learning

Karle, V. L., Suggate, S. P., Winter, R., & Stoeger, H. (2026). When fine is large and gross is small. A meta-analysis of links between fine and gross motor skills with academic-cognitive skills. Educational Psychology Review, 38, 73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10161-4 (external link, opens in a new window)

Suggate, S. P., Karle, V. L., Kipfelsberger, T., & Stoeger, H. (2025). Keep the hands in mind: A meta-analysis of correlations between fine motor skills and reading, writing, mathematics, and cognitive development in children and adolescents. Educational Research Review, 49, 100748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2025.100748 (external link, opens in a new window)

Suggate, S. P., Karle, V., & Stoeger, H. (2025). Cutting it too fine? The factor structure of fine motor skills from ages 5 to 10 years. Child Development, 96(6), 1989-2005. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70016 (external link, opens in a new window)

Suggate, S. P., Karle, V. L., Kipfelsberger, T., & Stoeger, H. (2023). The effect of fine motor skills, handwriting, and typing on reading development. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 232., 105674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105674 (external link, opens in a new window)

Hartung, V., Sarshar, M., Karle, V., Shammas, L., Rashid, A., Roullier, P., ... & Tallner, A. (2020). Validity of Consumer Activity Monitors and an Algorithm Using Smartphone Data for Measuring Steps during Different Activity Types. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), 9314. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249314 (external link, opens in a new window)

Karle, V., Hartung, V., Ivanovska, K., Mäurer, M., Flachenecker, P., Pfeifer, K., & Tallner, A. (2020). The two-minute walk test in persons with multiple sclerosis: Correlations of cadence with free-living walking do not support ecological validity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(23), 9044. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17239044 (external link, opens in a new window)

Presentations at Scientific Conferences

Suggate, S., Karle, V., Kipfelsberger, T., & Stoeger, H. (2022, September). A meta-analysis of differential links between fine motor and academic/cognitive development. British Psychological Society, Sheffield, UK.

Karle, V. L., Suggate, S. P., Kipfelsberger, T., & Stoeger, H. (2022, June). The effects of fine motor skills, writing, and typing on early decoding development. Presentation at the SIG Writing Conference, Umea, Sweden.

Karle, V. L., Suggate, S. P., Kipfelsberger, T. & Stoeger, H. (2022, Juni). Relations between executive functions, gross, and fine motor skills as a function of underlying coordinative skills. Poster präsentiert auf der 54. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie, Münster.

Weiß, V., Hartung, V., Tallner, A., Streber, R., Wanner, P., Shammas, L., ... Pfeifer, K. (2019). Ecological validity of the two minute walk test in persons with multiple sclerosis. Poster presented at the 35th ECTRIMS Congress, Stockholm, Sweden.

Poster Presentations at Scientific Conferences

Karle, V. L., Suggate, S. P., Kipfelsberger, T., & Stoeger, H. (2022, Juni). Relations between executive functions, gross, and fine motor skills as a function of underlying coordinative skills. Posterpräsentation auf der 54. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie, Münster.

Weiß, V., Hartung, V., Tallner, A., Streber, R., Wanner, P., Shammas, L., ... & Pfeifer, K. (2019, September). Ecological validity of the two minute walk test in persons with multiple sclerosis. Poster presentation at the 35th ECTRIMS Congress, Stockholm, Sweden.