Motor learning in children with spina bifida: Dissociation between performance level and acquisition rate

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 877-887

  Edelstein, Kim ^a,f   Dennis, Maureen ^a,b,c   Copeland, Kim ^d   Frederick, Jon ^e   Francis, David ^d   Hetherington, Ross ^a,c   Brandt, Michael E ^d,e   Fletcher, Jack M ^e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mirror drawing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; DRAWING; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD LESION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 8344256584     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617704106085     Document Type: Article

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