Do children perceive postural constraints when estimating reach or action planning?

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-105

  Gabbard, Carl ^a   Cordova, Alberto ^a   Lee, Sunghan ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation of reachability; Postural constraints; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; STANDING;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 66749089183     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.41.2.100-105     Document Type: Article

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