Perception-action development from infants to adults: Perceiving affordances for reaching through openings

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-105

  Ishak, Shaziela ^a   Franchak, John M ^b   Adolph, Karen E ^b  

^a RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apertures; Body scaling; Decision making; Motor development; Psychophysics; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APERTURES; ARTICLE; BODY-SCALING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACHING; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

APERTURES; BODY-SCALING; DECISION MAKING; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACHING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886245383     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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