Anticipatory Reaching by Infants and Adults: The Effect of Object Features and Apertures in Opaque and Transparent Screens

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2641-2657

  Robinson, J A ^a   McKenzie, B E ^b   Day, R H ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030342765     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01880.x     Document Type: Article

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