Hypothesis regarding the transformation of the intended direction of movement during the production of graphic trajectories: A study of drawing movements in 8- to 12-year-old children

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-367

  Pellizzer, Giuseppe ^a,b   Zesiger, Pascal ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Curvature; Development; Kinematics; Mental rotation; Speed

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; KINEMATICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 58749093052     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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