The role of motor experience in understanding action function: The case of the precision grasp

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 801-809

  Loucks, Jeff ^a   Sommerville, Jessica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84860439643     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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