Development and standardisation of the computerised finger tapping test: Comparison with other finger tapping instruments

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 44-49

  Christianson, Muriel K ^a   Leathem, Janet M ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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