A Dynamical Systems Perspective on Infant Action and its Development

Theories of Infant Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-29

  Goldfield, Eugene C ^a   Wolff, Peter H ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodynamics; Dynamical systems; Functional relationships; Infant actions; Motor development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889477241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752180.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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