Delayed motor skill acquisition in kindergarten children with language impairment

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2963-2971

  Adi Japha, Esther ^a   Strulovich Schwartz, Orli ^a   Julius, Mona ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Figure copying; Implicit memory; Kindergarten; Learning curve; Procedural memory; SLI

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; KINDERGARTEN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING TEST; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80053641410     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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