The first years of life represent an important phase of maturation of the central nervous
system, processing of sensory information, posture control and acquisition of the locomotor …

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE; An Advanced Textbook; Eighth Edition Page 1 DOI: 10.4324/9781003387145-8
Introduction: The Importance of Motor Development Motor behavior is critical to developmental …

How does gait-specific pattern generation evolve in early infancy? The idea that neural and
biomechanical mechanisms underlying mature walking and running differ to some extent …

A growing literature shows that perception and action are already tightly coupled in the
newborn. The current study aimed to examine the nature of the coupling between olfactory …

Human newborns can propel themselves to their mother's breast when positioned skin to
skin on her abdomen just after birth. For decades, researchers have considered this …

Aim To examine the effects of an early home-based 8-week crawling intervention performed
by trained therapists on the motor and general development of very premature infants during …

Flexibility and generativity are fundamental aspects of functional behavior that begin in
infancy and improve with experience. How do infants learn to tailor their real-time solutions …

When a child shows signs of potential motor developmental disorders, early diagnosis of
central nervous system (CNS) impairment is beneficial. Known as the first CNS-controlled …

Motor variability is a fundamental feature of developing systems allowing motor exploration
and learning. In human infants, leg movements involve a small number of basic coordination …

Aim To systematically examine the effect of early motor interventions on motor and
locomotor development in infants< 1 year of age with motor developmental disability or at …