Neonatal stepping in relation to terrestrial optic flow

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-14

  Barbu Roth, Marianne ^a,f   Anderson, David I ^b   Desprès, Adeline ^a   Provasi, Joëlle ^c   Cabrol, Dominique ^d   Campos, Joseph J ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEONATAL SCREENING; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

EID: 59949101435     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01241.x     Document Type: Article

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