ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science2017
The development of motor behavior.
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113 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Supporting Child Development Through Parenting Interventions in Low- to Middle-Income Countries: An Updated Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Impact of a Nutrient Formulation on Longitudinal Myelination, Cognition, and Behavior from Birth to 2 Years: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Effect of therapeutic exercise routine on pain, disability, posture, and health status in dentists with chronic neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Trial
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- The emergence of the language system in the toddler brain.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Toward a Fuller Integration of Respiratory Rhythms Into Research on Infant Vocal and Motor Development.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Review
- Cluttering in Children and Adolescents: Speech Motor Development, Neurocognitive Mechanisms, and Allied Health Implications.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Understanding the challenges: preterm birth and middle childhood psychomotor skills - a case control study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Observational
- Vertical jump without arm swing and running biomechanics in preschool children (3-6 years): associations and developmental insights.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Sex-specific BMI, 24-hour movement behaviors, motor skills, and executive functions in Tunisian preschool children: an observational cross-sectional study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Associations of locomotor task performance with static and dynamic balance in pre-school children aged 3-6 years: an age-adjusted cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Comparison of internal vs. external vs. holistic attentional focus in golf putting performance among children: the role of skill level.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Vocalisations are coupled with movement of all limbs throughout infancy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- What have we learned about infant visual attention in the first 25 years of the 21st century?Infant behavior & development · 2025Review
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Abstract
This article reviews research on the development of motor behavior from a developmental systems perspective. We focus on infancy when basic action systems are acquired. Posture provides a stable base for locomotion, manual actions, and facial actions. Experience facilitates improvements in motor behavior and infants accumulate immense amounts of experience with all of their basic action systems. At every point in development, perception guides motor behavior by providing feedback about the results of just prior movements and information about what to do next. Reciprocally, the development of motor behavior provides fodder for perception. More generally, motor development brings about new opportunities for acquiring knowledge about the world, and burgeoning motor skills can instigate cascades of developmental changes in perceptual, cognitive, and social domains. WIREs Cogn Sci 2017, 8:e1430. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1430 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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