Development of Preterm and Full-Term Infant Ability on AB, Recall Memory, Transparent Barrier Detour, and Means-End Tasks

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2658-2676

  Matthews, Alexandra ^a,c   Ellis, Ann E ^a,b   Nelson, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RECALL; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR SKILLS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030348023     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01881.x     Document Type: Article

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