Change in action: How infants learn to walk down slopes

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 888-902

  Gill, Simone V ^a   Adolph, Karen E ^a   Vereijken, Beatrix ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVITY SENSING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVITY SENSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 70350102997     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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