| The relation between infants' perception of catchableness and the control of catching. | |
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PMID: 18194016 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The authors studied how infants come to perceive and act adaptively by presenting 35 three- to nine-month-olds with balls that approached at various speeds according to a staircase procedure. They determined whether infants attempted to reach for the ball and whether they were successful (i.e., contacted the ball). In addition, the time and distance of the ball at the onset of the catching movements were measured for the successful interceptions. The authors found that not only catching skill but also the perceptual judgments of the catchableness improved with age; infants started to take their catching ability into account when judging whether a ball was catchable. Moreover, the authors observed that infants who made imprecise perceptual judgments were more likely to use a distance control strategy, whereas infants who made accurate perceptual judgments were more likely to use the more adaptive time strategy to control the catching movements. They conclude that the present study supports the proposal that, even in prelocomotor infants, the development of perception is intricately linked to or constrained by development in the visual control of action. |
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Authors:
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Paulion van Hof; John van der Kamp; Geert J P Savelsbergh |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Developmental psychology Volume: 44 ISSN: 0012-1649 ISO Abbreviation: Dev Psychol Publication Date: 2008 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-01-15 Completed Date: 2008-02-29 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0260564 Medline TA: Dev Psychol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 182-94 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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Copyright (c) 2008 APA. |
Affiliation:
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Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam. |
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Acceleration Age Factors Child Development / physiology* Female Hand Strength / physiology* Humans Infant Infant Behavior / physiology*, psychology Infant, Newborn Male Motion Perception / physiology Motor Skills / physiology Movement / physiology* Psychomotor Performance / physiology* Visual Perception / physiology |
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