Getting the right grasp on executive function

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Gonzalez, Claudia L R ^a   Mills, Kelly J ^a   Genee, Inge ^a   Li, Fangfang ^a   Piquette, Noella ^a   Rosen, Nicole ^a   Gibb, Robbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Development; Frontal lobe; Grasping movements; Handedness; Intervention; Left hemisphere; Space use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899680816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00285     Document Type: Article

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