Attending to the non-preferred hand improves bimanual coordination in children

Human Movement Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4 SPE. ISS., 2004, Pages 447-460

  Pellegrini, A M ^a   Andrade, E C ^a   Teixeira, L A ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attention; Bimanual coordination; Handedness; Motor development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 8644244794     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2004.08.017     Document Type: Article

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