Baby steps: Investigating the development of perceptual-motor couplings in infancy

Developmental Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 270-280

  de Klerk, Carina C J M ^a   Johnson, Mark H ^a   Heyes, Cecilia M ^b   Southgate, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTOR; VISION; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 84922799270     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12226     Document Type: Article

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