How do children coordinate simultaneous upper and lower extremity tasks? The development of dual motor task coordination

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-140

  Getchell, Nancy ^a   Whitall, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Dual motor task; Motor development; Time sharing

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LEG; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 0037699204     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0965(03)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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