The in air phenomenon: Temporal and spatial correlates of the handwriting process

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 933-954

  Rosenblum, Sara ^a,b   Parush, Shula ^a   Weiss, Patrice L ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141575592     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.3.933     Document Type: Article

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