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How Do Object Size and Rigidity Affect Reaching and Grasping in Infants with Down Syndrome?
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de Campos, Ana Carolina; Francisco, Kelly Regina; Savelsbergh, Geert J. P.; Rocha, Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Reaching and grasping skills have been described to emerge from a dynamic interaction between intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the interaction between such an intrinsic factor, Down syndrome, and extrinsic factors, such as different object properties. Seven infants with Down syndrome and seven…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Infants, Interaction, Psychomotor Skills
Children's Responses to Objects Differing in Novelty in Relation to Level of Curiosity and Adult Behavior.
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Henderson, Bruce; Moore, Shirley G. – Child Development, 1980
Investigates the exploratory behavior of young children as it relates to individual differences in curiosity, the novelty of the objects explored, and the interactive style employed by an adult experimenter. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Curiosity, Discovery Learning
Infant Manual Exploration of Objects, Surfaces, and their Interrelations
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Bourgeois, Kristine S.; Khawar, Alexa W.; Neal, S. Ashley; Lockman, Jeffrey J. – Infancy, 2005
Although a considerable amount is known about the development of object manipulation during the 1st year, less is known about how infants manually explore surfaces and relate objects to surfaces. To address these issues, 60 infants (20 each at 6, 8, and 10 months of age) were presented hard and soft objects on tabletop surfaces, which varied in…
Descriptors: Object Manipulation, Infants, Tactual Perception, Stimuli