Task complexity, age and gender effect on functional motor asymmetry of right- and left-handed children

• Main Authors: Paula Cristina Rodrigues (Author), Sara Cristiana Moreira Carneiro (Author), Isabel Cabral (Author), Maria Olga Vasconcelos (Author), João Manuel Barreiros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Desafio Singular, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Manual asymmetry was assessed in different complexity coincidence-anticipation tasks in 59 right- and 56 left-handed children of both genders divided into two age groups (7-8 years and 9-10 years). Results revealed that (i) manual asymmetry increased with task complexity in both handedness groups wi...