Evidence of early strategies in learning to walk

Infancy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-116

  Snapp Childs, Winona ^a   Corbetta, Daniela ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 59249107626     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15250000802569835     Document Type: Article

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