Motor imagery development in primary school children

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-121

  Caeyenberghs, Karen ^a   Tsoupas, Jenny ^b   Wilson, Peter H ^b   Smits Engelsman, Bouwien C M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SCHOOLS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60749089366     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640802499183     Document Type: Article

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