Development of Reaching during the First Year: Role of Movement Speed

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1059-1076

  Thelen, Esther ^a   Corbetta, Daniela ^a,b   Spencer, John P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030266817     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.5.1059     Document Type: Article

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