Sticky mittens, prickly Velcro, and infants' transition into independent reaching: Response to Williams, Corbetta, and Guan (2015)

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-42

  Needham, Amy ^a   Wiesen, Sarah ^a   Libertus, Klaus ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Motor development; Sticky mittens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING; TRAINING; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

EID: 84939779954     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: 19348800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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