Dual-task study of cognitive and postural interference: A preliminary investigation of the automatization deficit hypothesis of developmental co-ordination disorder

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-560

  Tsai, Chia Liang ^a   Pan, C Y ^b   Cherng, R J ^a   Wu, S K ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automatization deficit; Cognitive load; Developmental co ordination disorder; Dual task; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BALANCE DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67049156746     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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