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Learning and development in infant locomotion.

Sarah E Berger1, Karen E Adolph

  • 1College of Staten Island, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Department of Psychology, 2800 Victory Blvd, 4S-221A, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA. sberger@mail.csi.cuny.edu

Progress in Brain Research
|October 9, 2007
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Infant locomotion development emphasizes adapting movement to environmental changes and body states, driven by perceiving affordances. This adaptive ability is reciprocal with cognitive development, enhancing problem-solving skills.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Motor Control
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Traditional infant locomotion studies focus on movement milestones and physical development.
  • A novel perspective highlights infants' adaptive decision-making in locomotion.
  • Environmental variations and internal bodily changes influence motor development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a new framework for understanding infant locomotor development.
  • To emphasize the role of affordance perception in adaptive locomotion.
  • To explore the interplay between locomotion, cognition, and problem-solving.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of existing research on infant locomotion and perception.
  • Argument for affordance perception as central to adaptive movement selection.

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  • Description of infant strategies for navigating challenging locomotor tasks.
  • Documentation of the bidirectional relationship between locomotion and cognition.

    • Main Results:

    • Adaptive locomotion is rooted in infants' perception of environmental affordances for balance and movement.
    • Infants develop diverse strategies to overcome locomotor challenges.
    • Cognitive capacities, such as means-ends problem solving, influence navigation.
    • Locomotor experiences provide new avenues for cognitive learning.

    Conclusions:

    • Infant locomotor development is characterized by adaptive decision-making rather than just physical milestones.
    • Perceiving affordances is crucial for infants to adjust movements dynamically.
    • Locomotion and cognition develop in tandem, each influencing the other's advancement.