Initial-state dependency of learning in young infants

Human Movement Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-142

  Watanabe, Hama ^a   Taga, Gentaro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Infants; Initial condition; Motor development; Motor learning

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79851512198     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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