Development of collection precedes targeted reaching: Resting shapes of the hands and digits in 1-6-month-old human infants

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-129

  Sacrey, Lori Ann R ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development of reaching in humans; Hand collection in infancy; Hand shaping in human infants; Hand shaping precedes hand grasping; Pincer grasp development; Spontaneous hand movements in human infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; ARM; FINGER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAND; PROCEDURES; VIDEORECORDING;

ARM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77955053890     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.04.052     Document Type: Article

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