Handedness for bimanual coordinated actions in infants as a function of grip morphology

Laterality

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 576-593

  Potier, Claire ^a   Meguerditchian, Adrien ^b   Fagard, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b University of Provence Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

Bimanual; Development; Grip; Handedness; Repeated actions

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84890067618     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2012.732077     Document Type: Article

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