Locomotor behaviour of children while navigating through apertures

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-194

  Wilmut, Kate ^a   Barnett, Anna L ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action capabilities; Children; Locomotion; Obstacle avoidance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APERTURE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79953812915     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2614-2     Document Type: Article

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