Early control of reaching: Effects of experience and body orientation

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-33

  Carvalho, R P ^a   Tudella, E ^a   Caljouw, S R ^b   Savelsbergh, G J P ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body orientation; Experience; Kinematics; Practice time; Reaching; Skill level

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; KINEMATICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUPINE POSITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 37449032539     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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