Predictors of quantitative and qualitative Halstead finger-tapping scores in low socioeconomic status school-age children

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-276

  Prigatano, George P ^a   Gray, Jennifer A ^a   Legacy, Joe ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger inhibition; Finger tapping; Low socioeconomic status; School age children; Speed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGER; HALSTEAD FINGER OSCILLATION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARIZONA; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 45949085495     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040701399288     Document Type: Article

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