Mentally simulated motor actions in children

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-367

  Skoura, Xanthi ^a   Vinter, Annie ^a   Papaxanthis, Charalambos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MATURATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 68149147333     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640902801874     Document Type: Article

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