A team of scientists from the University of Tokyo has finally solved the ongoing conundrum of why babies kick in the womb. Using motion capture technology and a musculoskeletal computer model, the ...

Spontaneous, random baby movements aid the development of their sensorimotor system, according to new research led by the University of Tokyo. Detailed motion capture of newborns and infants was ...

Researchers propose a novel learning rule to explain the development of sensorimotor intelligence. It is fascinating to observe a robot exploring its physical possibilities and surroundings, and ...

The centuries-old mystery of why babies kick their mamas in the gut has finally been solved, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 114, No. 18 (May 2, 2017), pp. 4787-4792 (6 pages) The visual occipito-temporal cortex is composed of several ...

Those seemingly random kicks or wiggles a newborn baby makes have a purpose. With each movement, the baby is developing its sensorimotor system, which it will later use to perform sequential movements ...

Spontaneous, random baby movements aid development of their sensorimotor system, according to new research led by the University of Tokyo. Detailed motion capture of newborns and infants was combined ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have revealed that the seemingly random movements of babies do actually have a purpose. Researchers have discovered the reason why babies randomly kick, wiggle ...

Piaget’s stages of development include sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. While there is some criticism of them, they may help characterize child development.

This news release is available in German. It is fascinating to observe a robot exploring its physical possibilities and surroundings, and subsequently developing different self-taught behaviors ...