Learning to walk changes infants' social interactions

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-25

  Clearfield, Melissa W ^a  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Independent walking; Motor development; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOCALIZATION; WALKING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POSTURE; SPEECH; WALKING;

EID: 79451471395     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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