The manifestation of infant hand-use preferences when reaching for objects during the seven- to thirteen-month age period

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 436-443

  Michel, George F ^a   Tyler, Amber N ^a   Ferre, Claudio ^a   Sheu, Ching Fan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hand use development; Infant; Lateralization; Reaching

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33748534106     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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