title: Visuomotor organization in the child: a neuropsychological approach.
abstract: The ability of children to copy a complex figure was investigated by means of the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure and the corresponding methodology. The sample consisted of 420 children (boys and girls) aged 5 1/2 to 12 1/2 years. Responses indicate that the visuomotor ability involved in copying a complex figure increases with increasing age and that girls show significantly better performance than boys during the ages 8 1/2 to 12 1/2 years. The differences in performance can be attributed to differential neuropsychological strategies or functional differences that require further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Patras, Greece.
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authors.lastname: Karapetsas
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authors.lastname: Kantas
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011597:Psychomotor Performance