Executive Difficulties in Developmental Coordination Disorder: Methodological Issues and Future Directions
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Executive difficulties in developmental coordination disorder: Methodological issues and future directions
Motor skills and cognition have often been studied separately, but there is increasing understanding of the close relationship between these abilities over development. Motor coordination difficulties are central to the diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), and recent evidence suggests that certain cognitive processes, known as ‘executive functions’, may be affected in individ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Developmental Disorders Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2196-2987
DOI: 10.1007/s40474-015-0044-8