Early childhood computer experience and cognitive and motor development

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 1715-1722

  Li, Xiaoming ^a,c   Atkins, Melissa S ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Computer; Motor development; Preschoolers; School readiness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

APTITUDE TESTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPUTER LITERACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 2542555100     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.6.1715     Document Type: Article

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