Hidden Skills: A Dynamic Systems Analysis of Treadmill Stepping during the First Year.

Thelen, Esther; Ulrich, Beverly D.

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ERIC Number: EJ431731

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Publication Date: 1991

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Hidden Skills: A Dynamic Systems Analysis of Treadmill Stepping during the First Year.

Thelen, Esther; Ulrich, Beverly D.

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, v56 n1 p1-98 1991

Studied the ontogeny of walking by prelocomotor infants. Results support a dynamic systems view of development and the view that upright locomotion emerges from the self-organization of multiple cooperating elements rather than as a result of a preexisting neural code. (Author/GR)

Descriptors: Behavior Development, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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