Action planning in young children's tool use

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 628-641

  Cox, Ralf F A ^a   Smitsman, Ad W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOALS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750360433     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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