Recent Studies on Infant Grasping Capabilities

question 31

Multiple Choice

Recent studies on infant grasping capabilities

• A) found that infants' grasping is governed by maturation of the brain and not influenced by environmental factors.
• B) disagree with earlier studies that suggested that maturational factors are the primary factors affecting grasping.
• C) found that varying the size and shape of the object within reach has no effect.
• D) found that older children showed clear sensitivity to grasping objects, whereas preschool children did not modify their grasps depending on the object.

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