The Developmental Origins of Bimanual Coordination: A Dynamic Perspective

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 502-522

  Corbetta, Daniela ^a,b   Thelen, Esther ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUE;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030114941     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.2.502     Document Type: Article

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