An examination of the relationship between motor coordination and executive functions in adolescents

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1025-1031

  Rigoli, Daniela ^a   Piek, Jan P ^a   Kane, Robert ^a   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN 2; NEPSY II; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF ADHD SYMPTOMS AND NORMAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84867229629     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04403.x     Document Type: Article

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