No stable arm preference during the pre-reaching period: A comparison of right and left hand kinematics with and without a toy present

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-398

  Lynch, A ^a   Lee, H M ^a   Bhat, A ^a   Galloway, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Handedness; Infant; Laterality; Motor; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; HAND; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; KINEMATICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 48949120040     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20297     Document Type: Article

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