Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ443488
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Asymmetric Action in the Human Newborn: Sex Differences in Patterns of Organization.
Grattan, Mary P.; And Others
Child Development, v63 n2 p273-89 Apr 1992
Examined asymmetries in movement behaviors of 36 full-term, newborn infants. The majority of infants had right-biased movement behaviors. Multiple subsystems, rather than a single asymmetric system, appeared to control asymmetric action of different body regions. There were sex differences in asymmetry of distal lower body movement behaviors that paralleled the adult pattern. (GLR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Motion, Motor Development, Motor Reactions, Neonates, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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