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Method and Procedures. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 and the Trail-Making Test was used to assess motor and cognitive performances in 12 children (M = 10.5 \u00b1 10.08) with DS, 12 CA-matched, and 12 MA-matched controls. Results. There are significant group differences in the motor dimension (total test score; p &lt; 0.001, \u03b72p = 0.734), for processing speed (p &lt; 0.001, \u03b72p = 0.396), and cognitive flexibility (p &lt; 0.001, \u03b72p = 0.498). Between TD-CA and both other groups, the differences in the magnitude of correlations for the motor dimension balance are also significant (compared to DS: z = \u22122.489; p = 0.006, and to TD-MA: z = \u22123.12; p &lt; 0.001). Conclusions. Our results suggest that the relationships depend on the studied cognitive and motor skills. 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