39 – Perceptual-Motor Development II: Ecological Approach

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A look at perceptual-motor development from the ecological perspective. If it’s not preprogrammed by our genetics, how does a child’s pattern of movements emerge from the dynamical constraints of their environment? And how does movement shape perceptual discovery?
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Articles/links:

Motor Development: A New Synthesis
Infant bouncing: The assembly and tuning of action systems
Crawling versus walking infants’ perception of affordances for locomotion over sloping surfaces
Motor Development (Adolph & Berger)
Motor development and the mind: the potential role of motor abilities as a determinant of aspects of perceptual development
Development of visual motion perception for prospective control: brain and behavioral studies in infants

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The Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some Action
Ace & The Gulls – Baby Said
Paul Collins Beat – Baby I’m in Love With You
The Uniques – Mother & Child Reunion
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