Movement Planning Reflects Skill Level and Age Changes in Toddlers

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1846-1858

  Chen, Yu ping ^a   Keen, Rachel ^b   Rosander, Kerstin ^c   Von Hofsten, Claes ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION;

AGING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 78449294202     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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