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Peer reviewedBushnell, Emily W.; Boudreau, J. Paul – Child Development, 1993
Emphasizes the role that motor development may play in determining developmental sequences in other domains, such as haptic or tactile perception and depth perception. Maintains that there is a high degree of fit between the developmental sequence in which certain perceptual sensitivities unfold and the ages at which the corresponding motor…
Descriptors: Depth Perception, Developmental Stages, Infants, Motor Development
Peer reviewedRichards, John E.; Rader, Nancy – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1981
Two experiments tested the effects of crawling-onset age, amount of crawling experience, and testing age on avoidance of the deep side of a visual cliff apparatus by human infants. Crawling-onset age disciminated between infants because crawling during the tactile phase interferes with later visual control of locomotion. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Depth Perception, Infant Behavior, Infants, Motor Development
Peer reviewedField, Jeffery – Developmental Psychology, 1976
The reaching behavior of 12 infants in the presence of solid objects and pictures of objects placed within and beyond possible contact distance was videotaped in three sessions at 15, 19, and 24 weeks of age. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Depth Perception, Early Childhood Education, Eye Hand Coordination
