Effect of Self-Produced Locomotion on Infant Postural Compensation to Optic Flow.

Higgins, Carol I.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ534556

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Effect of Self-Produced Locomotion on Infant Postural Compensation to Optic Flow.

Higgins, Carol I.; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v32 n5 p836-41 Sep 1996

Compared the postural responsiveness of seven-, eight-, and nine-month-old infants. Results indicated greater use of optic flow for postural control after a self-produced locomotor experience. Infants with endogenous (creeping) or artificial (walker) self-produced locomotor experience responded to portions of the optic flow field, whereas prelocomotor infants did not. (MDM)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Human Posture, Infant Behavior, Infants, Motion, Motor Development, Visual Perception

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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