Posture support improves object individuation in infants

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1413-1424

  Woods, Rebecca J ^a   Wilcox, Teresa ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Multisensory; Object individuation; Posture; Sitting

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84881484607     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030344     Document Type: Article

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