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WEIRD walking: Cross-cultural research on motor development

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Motor development - traditionally studied in WEIRD populations - falls victim to assumptions of universality similar to other domains described by Henrich et al. However, cross-cultural research illustrates the extraordinary diversity that is normal in motor skill acquisition. Indeed, motor development provides an important domain for evaluating cultural challenges to a general behavioral science.

Source: Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x10000117

Authors: Lana B. Karasik, Karen E. Adolph, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Marc H. Bornstein

Institutions: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, New York University

Language: English

Topic: Children's Physical and Motor Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: Flexibility of Learning in Infant Skill Acquisition, Child and Family Development across the First Two Decades of Life