Visual search, perception, and visual-motor skill in "healthy" children born at 27-32 weeks' gestation

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-41

  Foreman, Nigel ^d   Fielder, Alistair ^a   Minshell, Catrin ^b   Hurrion, Elizabeth ^e   Sergienko, Elena ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOLITION;

EID: 0030625317     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1996.2326     Document Type: Article

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