The role of locomotor posture and experience on handedness and footedness in infancy

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 472-480

  Berger, Sarah E ^a   Friedman, Remy ^a   Polis, Marierose C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental trajectory; Footedness; Handedness; Infancy; Lateralization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOOTEDNESS; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURE; WALKING;

EID: 79960043520     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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