The Relation Between Infants' Perception of Catchableness and the Control of Catching

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 182-194

  van Hof, Paulion ^a   van der Kamp, John ^a,b   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action; affordances; catching; movement control; perception

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ACCELERATION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38549101362     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.182     Document Type: Article

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