The growing body in action: What infant locomotion tells us about perceptually guided action

Embodiment, Ego-Space, and Action

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 275-322

  Adolph, Karen E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809891     Document Type: Chapter

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