Learning to grasp efficiently: The development of motor planning and the role of observational learning

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 945-954

  Jovanovic, Bianca ^a   Schwarzer, Gudrun ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action planning; Development; End state comfort effect; Grasping; Imitation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954479691     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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