Task constraints on preschool children's grip configurations during drawing

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-225

  Braswell, Gregory S ^a   Rosengren, Karl S ^b   Pierroutsakos, Sophia L ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c St Louis Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Human; Motor; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33947508381     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20182     Document Type: Article

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