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Scharoun Benson, Sara M.; Bryden, Pamela J.; Roy, Eric A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Objects can be grasped in different ways to ensure a movement plan is aligned with the intended action. The current study assessed grasp posture in joint action object manipulation in children (ages 6-11, n = 68), young adults (n = 21), and older adults (n = 23). Participants performed two actions (pickup and pass; pickup and pass for use) within…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Object Manipulation, Children, Young Adults
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Hast, Michael – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Various developmental studies have demonstrated that implied object weight is a key variable in children's interpretations of motion, such as predicting the objects' speeds. An additional bias in predictions of object motion is representational momentum (RM), where objects are anticipated to be found in a location farther along in the direction of…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Toddlers, Foreign Countries, Age Groups