Bimanual strategies for object retrieval in infants and young children

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-218

  Birtles, Deirdre ^a   Anker, Shirley ^a   Atkinson, Janette ^a   Shellens, Rhiannon ^b   Briscoe, Alexandra ^b   Mahoney, Melissa ^b   Braddick, Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Goal synchronization; Hand preference; Human infants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 85027927777     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2672-5     Document Type: Article

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