Perception-action coupling in children with and without DCD: Frequency locking between task-relevant auditory signals and motor responses in a dual-motor task

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 679-692

  Whitall, J ^a   Getchell, N ^b   McMenamin, S ^c   Horn, C ^a   Wilms Floet, A ^a   Clark, J E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Developmental Coordination Disorder; Motorco ordination; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33749378915     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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