Crossing the midline: A study of four-year-old children

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 201-203

  Screws, Doris P ^a   Eason, Bobby L ^b   Surburg, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031990002     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.86.1.201     Document Type: Article

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