An 18-month follow-up investigation of motor coordination and working memory in primary school children

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1116-1126

  Rigoli, Daniela ^a   Piek, Jan P ^a   Kane, Robert ^a   Whillier, Alexander ^a   Baxter, Claire ^b   Wilson, Peter ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Executive function; Motor skills; School aged children; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84889568976     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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