Development of Prehension between 5 and 10 Years of Age: Distance Scaling, Grip Aperture, and Sight of the Hand

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-103

  Smyth, Mary M ^a   Katamba, Janet ^a   Peacock, Kirsty A ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance; Hand; Motor development; Prehension; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECELERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PREHENSION; SAFETY; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 1242269221     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.36.1.91-103     Document Type: Article

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