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ERIC Number: EJ534556
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Effect of Self-Produced Locomotion on Infant Postural Compensation to Optic Flow.
Higgins, Carol I.; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v32 n5 p836-41 Sep 1996
Compared the postural responsiveness of seven-, eight-, and nine-month-old infants. Results indicated greater use of optic flow for postural control after a self-produced locomotor experience. Infants with endogenous (creeping) or artificial (walker) self-produced locomotor experience responded to portions of the optic flow field, whereas prelocomotor infants did not. (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Human Posture, Infant Behavior, Infants, Motion, Motor Development, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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