Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10452735 | Infant Behavior and Development | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
This longitudinal study investigated the development of reaching in typical infants, from age 4 to 8 months, and described the pattern of hand kinematics underlying changes in the characteristics of infants' actions while reaching for a target. Thirteen infants were followed biweekly. Two reaching behaviors emerged during the infants' free interactions with the target, touching and hitting. Changes over time were documented for the number of movement units, straightness index, distance, peak velocity and time to peak velocity of the hand for touches and hits. We observed increases in the numbers of touches and hits and changes in hand kinematics over time; the distance traveled by the hand was greater for hitting compared to touching. These kinematic changes were specific to the movement patterns that infants adopted to reach to the target.
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Authors
Rejane Vale Gonçalves, Elyonara Mello Figueiredo, Camila Bretas Mourão, Enrico Antônio Colosimo, Sérgio Teixeira Fonseca, Marisa Cotta Mancini,