title: Crossing the midline: a study of four-year-old children.
abstract: Midline crossing refers to behavior that results in reaching, stepping, or looking, across the body's midline. Several studies have indicated that infants, young children, and individuals with disability make more errors on midline-crossing tasks than on similar tasks placed at the ipsilateral side. Until recently, assessment of midline crossing has used a spatial protocol and has been criticized for not having a temporal component. The purpose of this study was to assess midline crossing by 9 4-yr.-old children within an information processing context. Analysis indicated that contralateral tasks required more processing time than similar tasks placed ipsilaterally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Performance and Health Promotion, University of New Orleans, LA 70148, USA. blehp@UNO.edu
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Screws
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Eason
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Surburg
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology