Deficits in the endogenous control of covert visuospatial attention in children with developmental coordination disorder

Human Movement Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 421-442

  Wilson, Peter H ^a   Maruff, Paul ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Covert attention; Developmental coordination disorder; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001629014     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(99)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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