Developmental differences in drawing performance of the dominant and non-dominant hand in right-handed boys and girls

Human Movement Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 657-677

  van Mier, Hanneke ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Continuous; Discrete; Gender; Manual

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VELOCITY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33749674491     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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