Planning manipulative hand movements: Do young children show the end-state comfort effect?

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-114

  Manoel, E J ^a   Moreira, C R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Action planning; Manual dexterity; Motor development

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844468831     PISSN: 03067297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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