To Reach or Not to Reach? Perception of Body Effectivities by Young Infants

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 129-148

  Rochat, Philippe ^a   Goubet, Nathalie ^b   Senders, Stefan J ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Posture; Reaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033417183     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-7219(199909)8:3<129::AID-ICD193>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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