Modulating peripersonal and extrapersonal reach space via tool use: A comparison between 6- to 12-year-olds and young adults

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-330

  Caçola, Priscila ^a   Gabbard, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Estimation of reach; Space perception; Space recognition; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXTRAPERSONAL REACH SPACE; HUMAN; PERIPERSONAL REACH SPACE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPACE; TOOL USE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SPACE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862837084     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3017-8     Document Type: Article

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