Are children who play a sport or a musical instrument better at motor imagery than children who do not?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 923-926

  Dey, Abhishikta ^a   Barnsley, Nadia ^a   Mohan, Rahul ^a   McCormick, Marianne ^b   McAuley, James H ^a   Moseley, G Lorimer ^a,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPORTS;

EID: 84867211460     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090525     Document Type: Article

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