The relationship between motor coordination, executive functioning and attention in school aged children

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1063-1076

  Piek, Jan P ^a   Dyck, Murray J ^a   Nieman, Ally ^a   Anderson, Mike ^b   Hay, David ^a   Smith, Leigh M ^a   McCoy, Mairead ^c   Hallmayer, Joachim ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Disability Services Commission   (Australia)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Attentional deficits; Developmental coordination disorder; Executive functioning; Motor ability; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 8144224733     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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