Perception and production of object-related grasping in 6-month-olds

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 810-818

  Daum, Moritz M ^a   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a   Aschersleben, Gisa ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action perception; Action production; Common coding; Goal directed actions; Grasping action; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GOALS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951726031     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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