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ERIC Number: EJ641689
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
How Infants Use Vision for Grasping Objects.
McCarty, Michael E.; Clifton, Rachel K.; Ashmead, Daniel H.; Lee, Philip; Goubet, Nathalie
Child Development, v72 n4 p973-87 Jul-Aug 2001
Three experiments examined vision's role in infants' grasping of horizontally and vertically oriented rods. Found that infants differentially oriented their hand regardless of lighting and similar to control conditions where they could see rod and hand throughout reach. Findings suggest that infants may use current sight of object's orientation or memory of it to orient the hand for grasping. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Eye Hand Coordination, Infant Behavior, Infants, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Learning, Performance Factors, Psychomotor Skills, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reaching Behavior