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The lab studies motor development in children and nonhuman primates, particularly how the hands are controlled. Our work utilizes behavioral observation and 3D motion tracking to examine laterality in motor control and multiple trajectories in motor development.
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Michel, G.F., Nelson, E.L., Babik, I., Campbell, J.M., & Marcinowski, E.C. (2013). Multiple trajectories in the developmental psychobiology of human handedness. In R.M. Lerner & J.B. Benson (Eds.), Embodiment and Epigenesis: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Understanding the Role of Biology within the Relational Developmental System Part B: Ontogenetic Dimensions (pp. 227-260). Elsevier.
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Nelson, E.L., Campbell, J.M., & Michel, G.F. (2013). Unimanual to bimanual: Tracking the development of handedness from 6 to 24 months. Infant Behavior and Development, 36(2), 181-188. DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.01.009. Link -
Nelson, E.L., Konidaris, G.D., Berthier, N.E., Braun, M.C., Novak, M.F.S.X., Suomi, S.J. & Novak, M.A. (2012). Kinematics of reaching and implications for handedness in rhesus monkey infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 54, 460-467. DOI: 10.1002/dev.20604. Link