Bimanual interference in children performing a dual motor task

Human Movement Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 678-693

  Otte, E ^a,b   van Mier, H I ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Motor; Tapping; Timing; Tracing

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33749661705     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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