The control of posture in newly standing infants is task dependent

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Claxton, Laura J ^a   Melzer, Dawn K ^b   Ryu, Joong Hyun ^a   Haddad, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Independent stance; Infancy; Manual control; Motor milestones; Postural control; Postural development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KINESTHESIA; MALE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; KINESTHESIS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84863776960     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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