Relationships between visual-motor and cognitive abilities in intellectual disabilities

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 763-772

  Di Blasi, Francesco D ^a   Elia, Flaviana ^a   Buono, Serafino ^a   Ramakers, Ger J A ^b   Di Nuovo, Santo F ^c  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENDER TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VISION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; BENDER-GESTALT TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 34547299610     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.3.763-772     Document Type: Article

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