Socioeconomic status affects oral and manual exploration across the first year

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-69

  Clearfield, Melissa W ^a   Bailey, Lillian S ^a   Jenne, Helen K ^a   Stanger, Sarah B ^a   Tacke, Nicholas ^a  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL STATUS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUTH; RECREATION; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUTH; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POVERTY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84891662979     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21423     Document Type: Article

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