Executive function in children with and without developmental coordination disorder: A comparative study.
Background: Children with motor impairments also show poor performance in some executive functions' components. However, there is no consensus on which specific executive subdomain is more impacted. Aim: The objective of this study was to compare executive functions in children with developmental co...
| Publicado en: | Child: Care, Health & Development Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 294 - 303 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2020
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