Action in Infancy - Perspectives, Concepts, and Challenges: The Development of Reaching and Grasping

Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 71-98

  Smitsman, Ad W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action in infancy; Concepts; Grasping; Reaching; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750295607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996348.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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