Developmental continuity? Crawling, cruising, and walking

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 306-318

  Adolph, Karen E ^a   Berger, Sarah E ^b   Leo, Andrew J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954621876     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00981.x     Document Type: Article

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