This volume describes from an interdisciplinary perspective human motor development using longitudinal study methods. The biological basis of motor development is discussed, looking at mechanisms of embryonic growth and fetal development. Fetal movement patterns and developmental processes and adaptations that continue throughout childhood are also treated. Chapters cover the mechanisms that underlie the development of posture, goal-directed behavior, movement patterns for communication and the acquisition of skills, such as tool use and writing. The book also considers how the developmental process can go wrong. Possible risk factors for abnormal motor development are discussed and the adaptive processes that accompany motor deficiencies in childhood and later life are also described.
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Motor development is an integral part of the developmental process. Understanding the organization of the sensory-motor system and its adaptations in response to environmental factors is a vital part of understanding individual development as a whole. This volume describes and discusses human motor development using longitudinal study methods, and from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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deviant motor development, neurological optimality score, healthy term children, spoon projects, neurobehavioural relationships, clumsy group, prenatal behaviour, clumsy children, postural behaviour, bifurcation experiments, guided hand movements, minor neurological dysfunction, fetal motility, interval complications, reciprocal causal effects, clumsy behaviour, postnatal variables, response synergies, dynamic tripod, kinaesthetic sensitivity, postural development, manual pointing, palmar grip, correlative research, handwriting research Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Academic Press, Van Dellen, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Human Movement Studies, Journal of Motor Behavior, Plenum Press, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Ann Arbor, Journal of Human Evolution, University of Michigan Press, Acta Psychologica, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Elsevier Science Publishers, Bierman-van Eendenburg, Human Movement Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Journal of Neuroscience, Oxford University Press, State Maternity Hospital, University of Groningen, Wulfften Palthe, Basic Books, John Wiley, Journal of Educational Research New!
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deviant motor development, neurological optimality score, healthy term children, spoon projects, neurobehavioural relationships, clumsy group, prenatal behaviour, clumsy children, postural behaviour, bifurcation experiments, guided hand movements, minor neurological dysfunction, fetal motility, interval complications, reciprocal causal effects, clumsy behaviour, postnatal variables, response synergies, dynamic tripod, kinaesthetic sensitivity, postural development, manual pointing, palmar grip, correlative research, handwriting research Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Academic Press, Van Dellen, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Human Movement Studies, Journal of Motor Behavior, Plenum Press, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Ann Arbor, Journal of Human Evolution, University of Michigan Press, Acta Psychologica, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Elsevier Science Publishers, Bierman-van Eendenburg, Human Movement Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Journal of Neuroscience, Oxford University Press, State Maternity Hospital, University of Groningen, Wulfften Palthe, Basic Books, John Wiley, Journal of Educational Research New!
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- The Examination of the Child with Minor Neurological Dysfunction (Clinics in Developmental Medicine (Mac Keith Press)) by Bert C. L. Touwen on page 250, and page 306
- Soft Neurological Signs by David E. Tupper on page 34
- Electrophysiology of Epilepsy by Philip A. Schwartzkroin on page 73
- Anatomy and the Problem of Behavior by G. E. Coghill on page 70
- Child Development by Heather Brennand on page 341
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- Neurophysiology and Neuropsychology of Motor Development (Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 143/144) by Kevin J. Connolly on page 40, and page 313
- Causal Mechanisms of Behavioural Development by Jerry A. Hogan on page 208, and page 210
- Developmental Dyspraxia: Identification and Intervention - A Manual for Parents and Professionals by Madeleine Portwood in Back Matter
- Disabled Children and Developing Countries: Clinics in Developmental Medicine by Helen McConachie on page 37
- Understanding Developmental Dyspraxia: A Textbook for Students and Professionals by Madeleine Portwood in Back Matter
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