Infants Use Handrails as Tools in a Locomotor Task

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 594-605

  Berger, Sarah E ^a,b   Adolph, Karen E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; WALKING;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; WALKING;

EID: 0141641140     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.3.594     Document Type: Article

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