Pointing with the left and right hands in congenitally blind children

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-183

  Ittyerah, Miriam ^a   Gaunet, Florence ^b   Rossetti, Yves ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Blind; Contextual; Delay; Pointing; Self referent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34250201067     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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