A look at perceptual-motor development from the ecological perspective.  If it’s not pre-programmed 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?

 

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

 

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

 

Credits:

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

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com