"Walking" in the Newborn

"Walking" in the Newborn

Brief daily exercise of the walking and placing reflexes in the newborn leads to a high rate of responding by 8 weeks and to an earlier onset of walking alone. There appears to be a critical period during which the walking response can be transformed intact from a reflexive to an instrumental action...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1972-04, Vol.176 (4032), p.314-315
Hauptverfasser: Zelazo, Philip R., Zelazo, Nancy Ann, Kolb, Sarah
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age Factors
Child Development
Control groups
Critical periods
Feet
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Learning
Locomotion
Male
Mothers
Motor Skills
Parents
Reflex
Reflexes
Walking
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Zusammenfassung:Brief daily exercise of the walking and placing reflexes in the newborn leads to a high rate of responding by 8 weeks and to an earlier onset of walking alone. There appears to be a critical period during which the walking response can be transformed intact from a reflexive to an instrumental action.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.176.4032.314