Hand and eye preference and their association with task approach by preschoolers

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 691-702

  Mahone, E Mark ^a,d   Wodka, Ericka L ^b   Hiemenz, Jennifer R ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33749045233     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.102.3.691-702     Document Type: Article

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