| Motor Origins of Tool Use. | |
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PMID: 23106197 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The current study examines the developmental trajectory of banging movements and its implications for tool use development. Twenty (6- to 15-month-old) infants wore reflective markers while banging a handled cube; movements were recorded at 240 Hz. Results indicated that through the second half-year, banging movements undergo developmental changes making them ideally suited for instrumental hammering and pounding. Younger infants were inefficient and variable when banging the object: Their hands followed circuitous paths of great lengths at high velocities. By 1 year, infants showed consistent and efficient straight up-down hand trajectories of smaller magnitude and velocity, allowing for precise aiming and delivering dependable levels of force. The findings suggest that tool use develops gradually from infants' existing manual behaviors. |
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Björn A Kahrs; Wendy P Jung; Jeffrey J Lockman |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-10-25 |
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Title: Child development Volume: - ISSN: 1467-8624 ISO Abbreviation: Child Dev Publication Date: 2012 Oct |
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Created Date: 2012-10-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372725 Medline TA: Child Dev Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2012 The Authors. Child Development © 2012 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. |
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Tulane University. |
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