Abstract:This longitudinal study examined the relationship between the development of locomotion and infants' interaction with others involving objects. Observations took place in a multi‐person situation—a day‐care class—for one‐year‐old infants for 1 year. The study participants were 13 infants and 7 caregivers (all Japanese). Frequencies of infants’ manual contact with objects and moving before contact with them did not differ according to locomotion developmental level. However, infants who began walking engaged in… Show more
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