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Jovanovic, Bianca; Filk, Julia; Schwarzer, Gudrun – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
The present study deals with the influence of specific motor experiences on efficient grasp planning. Forty 5- to 6-year-old children learned to use an unfamiliar tool with either a thumb-up or a thumb-down grip to accomplish a task. Before and after training, the extent to which children would rotate the tool using an awkward initial grip…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Child Development, Motor Development, Measurement
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Bertin, Evelin; Wong, Charlene; Striano, Tricia – Infant and Child Development, 2016
Seven- to 12-month-olds were trained to press levers that contingently activated lights. Infants had the choice of turning on either a light an adult interaction partner was looking at or a light that she turned away from. By 9 months, infants reliably turned on the light that the adult was looking at. In a second study, 9- and 12-month-old…
Descriptors: Infants, Social Cognition, Infant Behavior, Object Manipulation