Relationship between tactile spatial resolution and digital dexterity during childhood

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Bleyenheuft, Yannick ^a   Wilmotte, Pauline ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Development; Dexterity; Tactile spatial resolution; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FINGER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOUCH;

EID: 76649141191     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990220903471831     Document Type: Article

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