Sex and handedness in development of visuomotor skills

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-140

  Karapetsas, Anargyros B ^a   Vlachos, Filippos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031204828     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.1.131     Document Type: Article

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