Lateral biases and fluctuations in infants' spontaneous arm movements and reaching

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 237-255

  Corbetta, Daniela ^a   Thelen, Esther ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Handedness; Infants; Laterality; Reaching; Upper arm movements

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; KINESIOLOGY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

EID: 0032916369     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2302(199905)34:2<237::aid-dev1>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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