Why Might Language and Motor Impairments Occur Together?

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-265

  Estil, L B ^a   Whiting, H T A ^b   Sigmundsson, H ^a,c   Ingvaldsen, R P ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bimanual skills; Corpus callosum; Language impairment; Motor impairment; Right hemisphere; Sound blending; Static balance; Visuospatial skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042260922     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.289     Document Type: Review

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