Themes in Motor Development / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9789024733903 Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication date: 09/30/1986 Series: NATO Science Series D: , #35 Edition description: 1986 Pages: 372 Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d) This book is divided into Sections. Each Section is devoted to a particular theme in Motor Development and comprises two or more contributions. The order of presentation is largely fortuitous and does not reflect any value judgement on the part of the editors as to the importance of anyone theme in comparison to others addressed' in the book. This volume is to be seen as a companion volume to 'Motor Development in Children: Aspects of coordination and control' in which the more general issues in motor development presented during the Institute are published. Together, the two volumes provide both a general and a theme specific approach to this expanding field of knowledge. XI PREFACE Books and conferences, on what in North America is euphemistically termed motor development, have be