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Infant Walking and Everyday Experience: Unraveling the Development of Behavior from Motor Development

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The development of walking has been extensively studied because it enables infants to move more, carry and manipulate objects, and engage in more frequent interactions with people. Changes in various domains, such as motor and cognitive abilities, can interact with each other. This phenomenon is known as a developmental cascade. This study focuses on infant walking and behavioral changes. After providing an overview of theoretical frameworks, I review recent infant walking studies, including my own, to discuss the relationship between motor and behavioral development. The significance of observations in everyday environments was also discussed.

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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 22H00988, 23K02306, and 22K13672.

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Nishio, C. Infant Walking and Everyday Experience: Unraveling the Development of Behavior from Motor Development. New Gener. Comput. 42, 1115–1127 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00354-024-00281-2

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