Motor Skills and Their Foundational Role for Perceptual, Social, and Cognitive Development

• Main Author: Petra Hauf (auth)
• Other Authors: Klaus Libertus (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; developmental trajectories; Motor development; Developmental cascades; Social Behavior; language development; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Perception; Child Development; Cognition
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Motor skills are a vital part of healthy development and are featured prominently both in physical examinations and in parents' baby diaries. It has been known for a long time that motor development is critical for children's understanding of the physical and social world. Learning occurs...