title: Transition from crawling to walking and infants' actions with objects and people.
abstract: Associations between infants' transition to walking and object activities were examined. Fifty infants were observed longitudinally during home observations. At 11 months, all infants were crawlers; at 13 months, half became walkers. Over age, infants increased their total time with objects and frequency of sharing objects with mothers. Bidirectional influences between locomotion and object actions were found. Walking was associated with new forms of object behaviors: Walkers accessed distant objects, carried objects, and approached mothers to share objects; crawlers preferred objects close at hand and shared objects while remaining stationary. Earlier object activities predicted walking status: Crawlers who accessed distant objects, carried objects, and shared objects over distances at 11 months were more likely to walk by 13 months.
authors.affiliation: New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA. lbk224@nyu.edu
authors.forename: Lana B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Karasik
authors.forename: Catherine S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Tamis-LeMonda
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Adolph
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009519:New York City; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012938:Social Perception; D014741:Video Recording; D014796:Visual Perception; D016138:Walking / Q000523:psychology*