Lifting weights in neonates: Developing visual control of reaching

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 424-436

  Van Der Meer, Audrey L H ^a   Van Der Weel, F R ^a   Lee, David N ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development of movement control; Eye hand coordination; Neonates; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0030338533     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00674.x     Document Type: Article

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