The importance of handwriting speed in adult writing

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-216

  Peverly, Stephen T ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SPELLING; THEORY; VELOCITY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; WRITING;

COGNITION; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 31944448922     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2901_10     Document Type: Review

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