Motor Development in Early and Later Childhood Longitudinal Approaches Magnusson

Motor Development in Early and Later ChildhoodLongitudinal Approaches\nAuthor(s): Alex Fedde Kalverboer, Brian Hopkins, Reint Geuze, David Magnusson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521401012, 978-0521401012\nSynopsis\nMotor 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. Researchers from a variety of different backgrounds and disciplines provide a broad-ranging analysis of human motor development, from both the practical and theoretical standpoint, in a book which will be of great interest to paediatricians, psychologists, developmental biologists, developmental ps.