What infants know and what they do: Perceiving possibilities for walking through openings

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1254-1261

  Franchak, John M ^a   Adolph, Karen E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture; Decision making; Gait modification; Motor development; Perception and action

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 84871329939     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027530     Document Type: Article

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