Exploring links between sensorimotor and visuospatial body representations in infancy

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 448-460

  Christie, Tamara ^a   Slaughter, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; INFANCY; INFANT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

BODY IMAGE; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 71149099471     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640902964532     Document Type: Article

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