Sequential Pointing in Children and Adults

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-69

  Badan, Maryse ^a,b   Hauert, Claude Alain ^a   Mounoud, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Motor development; Motor preparation; Motor sequences; Planning strategies.; Visuomanual pointing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033631278     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2522     Document Type: Article

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