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ERIC Number: EJ271632
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Aug
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Visually Elicited Reaching in Neonates.
Rader, Nancy; Stern, Julianne D.
Child Development, v53 n4 p1004-07 Aug 1982
Thirty-one infants ages 8 to 16 days were shown a ball, a ball picture, and a homogeneous stimulus card. Infants' reaching behavior was scored for each of the stimuli according to the following: (1) lateral extension of arm, (2) arcing movement of arm toward midline, and (3) flexion of arm toward the upper half of the body. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Motor Reactions, Neonates, Visual Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reaching Behavior