Age changes in interlimb coupling and the development of bimanual coordination

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-208

  Fagard, Jacqueline ^a,b   Pezé, Anna ^a  

^a Lab de Psycho Biologie du Devmt   (France)

^b Institut de Psychologie   (France)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Development; Infants; Reaching; Spatiotemporal coupling

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDER;

EID: 0030844008     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222899709600835     Document Type: Article

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