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Editorial
. 2025 Jun 30;12(7):870.
doi: 10.3390/children12070870.

Motor Aspects of Handwriting Acquisition and Developmental Dysgraphia

Caroline Jolly  1
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Motor Aspects of Handwriting Acquisition and Developmental Dysgraphia

Caroline Jolly. Children (Basel). .

Abstract

Handwriting is a complex skill involving perceptual, motor, linguistic, and cognitive processes [...].

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The author declares no conflict of interest.

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