The development of locomotion can be described by its form (ie, gait) and its function (ie,
mobility). Both aspects of locomotion improve with experience. Traditional treatises on infant …

Infants spend much of their time exploring objects (Herzberg et al., 2021), and object
exploration is linked to learning and development in various domains (eg, social, cognitive …

Learning to walk expands infants' access to the physical environment and prompts changes
in their communicative behaviors. However, little is known about whether walking also …

Culture is a key determinant of children's development both in its own right and as a
measure of generalizability of developmental phenomena. Studying the role of culture in …

Frameworks of emotional development have tended to focus on how environmental factors
shape children's emotion understanding. However, individual experiences of emotion …

Acquisition of visual attention‐following skills, notably gaze‐and point‐following, contributes
to infants' ability to share attention with caregivers, which in turn contributes to social …

A baby's first year of life is a time of immense development and cerebral plasticity. Following
today's research and clinical observation, the period of the first year of life provides a new …

How infants are held or contained throughout the day shape infants' experiences,
particularly around movement and exploration. In Tajikistan, caregivers use …

Developmental scales for children aged 0-6 years are a particularly valuable resource for
assessing developmental milestones in children. Most scales are developed based on a …

Independent locomotion provides autonomy for infants, drastically changing their
relationship with their surroundings. From a dynamic systems perspective, the interaction …