Performance on the Motor Scale of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities as Related to Home Environment and Neonatal Reflexes

Abstract

Total motor and cognitive-motor performance at age 4 was related to home environment but not to neonatal reflexes. Large muscle skill was unrelated to environment but did relate to neonatal reflexes among girls.

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