Developmental norms for the Gardner Steadiness Test and the purdue pegboard: A study with children of a metropolitan school in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 931-949

  Brito, G N O ^a,b   Santos Morales, T R ^a  

^a Laboratório de Imunologia Clínica   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assessment instruments; Brazil; Cross cultural differences; Develpoment; Manual differences; Metropolitan children; Neuropsychology; Norms; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036703813     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2002000800011     Document Type: Review

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