Lateralization of the approach movement and the prehension movement in infants from 4 to 7 months

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-92

  Morange, Françoise ^a   Bloch, Henriette ^a  

^a Lab de Psycho Biologie du Devmt   (France)

Author keywords

Grip; Hand specialization; Infancy; Manual laterality; Reaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002437918     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0917(199606)5:2<81::aid-edp119>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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