Object use affects motor planning in infant prehension

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 498-510

  Contaldo, Annarita ^a,b   Cola, Elisabetta ^a   Minichilli, Fabrizio ^c   Crecchi, Alessandra ^a   Carboncini, Maria Chiara ^a   Rossi, Bruno ^a   Bonfiglio, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor development; Motor planning; Prehension; Tool use

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AWARENESS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84879015466     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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