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Motor decisions are not black and white: selecting actions in the “gray zone” by Comalli, D. M., Persand, D., Adolph, K. E.

“…In many situations, multiple actions are possible to achieve a goal. How do people select a particular action among equally possible alternatives? In six…”
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Walking infants adapt locomotion to changing body dimensions by Adolph, K E, Avolio, A M

“…Infants acquire independent mobility amidst a flux of body growth. Changes in body dimensions and variations in the ground change the physical constraints on…”
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What Changes in Infant Walking and Why by Adolph, Karen E., Vereijken, Beatrix, Shrout, Patrick E.

“…This study compared the relative contributions of growing body dimensions, age, and walking experience in the development of walking skill in 9- to…”
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Learning to Crawl by Adolph, Karen E., Vereijken, Beatrix, Denny, Mark A.

“…The effects of infants' age, body dimensions, and experience on the development of crawling was examined by observing 28 infants longitudinally, from…”
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Specificity of Learning: Why Infants Fall over a Veritable Cliff by Adolph, Karen E.

“…Nine-month-old infants were tested at the precipice of safe and risky gaps in the surface of support. Their reaching and avoidance responses were compared in…”
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Psychophysical assessment of toddlers' ability to cope with slopes by Adolph, K E

“…This research examined how infants in early stages of walking determine whether a hill is safe or risky for locomotion. A psychophysical staircase procedure…”
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Gender Bias in Mothers' Expectations about Infant Crawling by Mondschein, Emily R., Adolph, Karen E., Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.

“…Although boys outshine girls in a range of motor skills, there are no reported gender differences in motor performance during infancy. This study examined…”
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Crawling versus Walking Infants' Perception of Affordances for Locomotion over Sloping Surfaces by Adolph, Karen E., Eppler, Marion A., Gibson, Eleanor J.

“…14-month-old toddlers vs. 8.5-month-old crawling infants were encouraged to ascend and descend a sloping walkway (10°, 20°, 30°, and 40°). Infants in both…”
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Kanizsa illusory contour perception in children: a novel approach using eye-tracking by Feltner, K., Nayar, K., Adolph, K. E., Kiorpes, L.

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3D object completion develops through infants' manual exploration by Soska, K. C., Adolph, K. E., Johnson, S. P.

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Visual guidance of locomotion in infants, young adults, and the elderly by Franchak, J. M., Smith, M. T., Adolph, K. E.

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The developmental relationship between infants' exploration and action on slanted surfaces by Eppler, Marion A., Adolph, Karen E., Weiner, Tamra

“…This research provides converging evidence that infants use exploratory activity to differentiate slant around a horizontal axis before they relate information…”
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Head-mounted eye-tracking with children: Visual guidance of motor action by Adolph, K. E., Franchak, J. M., Badaly, D., Smith, M. T., Babcock, J. S.

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Learning in the Development of Infant Locomotion by Adolph, Karen E., Bertenthal, Bennett I., Boker, Steven M., Goldfield, Eugene C., Gibson, Eleanor J.

“…Infants master crawling and walking in an environment filled with varied and unfamiliar surfaces. At the same time, infants' bodies and skills continually…”
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Learning From Falling by Joh, Amy S., Adolph, Karen E.

“…Walkers fall frequently, especially during infancy. Children (15-, 21-, 27-, 33-, and 39-month-olds) and adults were tested in a novel foam pit paradigm to…”
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Learning to Crawl by Adolph, Karen E., Vereijken, Beatrix, Denny, Mark A.

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Out of the Toolbox: Toddlers Differentiate Wobbly and Wooden Handrails by Berger, Sarah E., Adolph, Karen E., Lobo, Sharon A.

“…This study examined whether 16-month-old walking infants take the material composition of a handrail into account when assessing its effectiveness as a tool to…”
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Learning to keep balance by Adolph, Karen E

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Infants Use Handrails as Tools in a Locomotor Task by Berger, Sarah E, Adolph, Karen E

“…In 2 experiments the authors demonstrated that adaptive locomotion can involve means-ends problem solving. Sixteen-month-old toddlers crossed bridges of…”
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Understanding the development of motion processing by characterizing optic flow experienced by infants and their mothers by Raudies, F., Gilmore, R. O., Kretch, K. S., Franchak, J. M., Adolph, K. E.

“…Understanding the development of mature motion processing may require knowledge about the statistics of the visual input that infants are exposed to, how these…”
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