Impaired mental rotation performance in overweight children

Appetite

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 766-769

  Jansen, Petra ^a   Schmelter, Andrea ^a   Kasten, Laura ^a   Heil, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive development; Mental rotation; Motor development; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; OVERWEIGHT; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953660392     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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