Poor penmanship in children correlates with abnormal rhythmic tapping: A broad functional temporal impairment

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 543-549

  Ben Pazi, Hilla ^a,b   Kukke, Sahana ^a   Sanger, Terence D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dysgraphia; Handwriting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSGRAPHIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250693674     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807302610     Document Type: Article

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