Flexibility in infant actions during arm- and leg-based learning in a mobile paradigm

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-90

  Watanabe, Hama ^a,b,c   Taga, Gentaro ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamics and constraint; Flexibility of learning; Infant learning and memory; Mobile paradigm; Movement of arms and legs

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; LEG MOVEMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; PLIABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 58149460680     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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