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WEIRD walking: Cross-cultural research on motor development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2010

Lana B. Karasik ,
Karen E. Adolph ,
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda  and
Marc H. Bornstein
Lana B. Karasik
Affiliation:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Bethesda, MD 20892-7971. [email protected][email protected]
Karen E. Adolph
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003. [email protected]@nyu.edu
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003. [email protected]@nyu.edu
Marc H. Bornstein
Affiliation:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Bethesda, MD 20892-7971. [email protected][email protected]
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Abstract

Motor development – traditionally studied in WEIRD populations – falls victim to assumptions of universality similar to other domains described by Henrich et al. However, cross-cultural research illustrates the extraordinary diversity that is normal in motor skill acquisition. Indeed, motor development provides an important domain for evaluating cultural challenges to a general behavioral science.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 2-3 , June 2010 , pp. 95 - 96
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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