What Is the Shape of Developmental Change?

Psychological Review

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 527-543

  Adolph, Karen E ^a   Robinson, Scott R ^b   Young, Jesse W ^c   Gill Alvarez, Felix ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

continuity; longitudinal; microgenetic; motor development; stages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 51449090396     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.115.3.527     Document Type: Article

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