Research Article

Developmentally Changing Attractor Dynamics of Manual Actions with Objects in Late Infancy

Table 2

Mean estimates for manual actions with objects properties for the preferred and non-preferred hands (+/-95% CIs in parentheses).

9 months12 months15 months18 months21 months24 months

Manual actions with objects duration (s)
Preferred2.03
(1.70, 2.39)
1.50
(1.31, 1.70)
1.96
(1.70, 2.22)
1.71
(1.48, 1.95)
1.68
(1.45, 1.88)
1.48
(1.31, 1.66)
Non-Preferred1.11
(0.90, 1.34)
1.04
(0.87, 1.23)
1.18
(0.97, 1.42)
1.05
(0.90, 1.22)
1.02
(0.86, 1.17)
0.86
(0.74, 0.99)

Proportion
Preferred0.16
(0.12, 0.19)
0.17
(0.13, 0.20)
0.20
(0.17, 0.24)
0.18
(0.16, 0.21)
0.14
(0.11, 0.17)
0.15
(0.13, 0.18)
Non-Preferred0.05
(0.04, 0.07)
0.08
(0.06, 0.01)
0.07
(0.05, 0.01)
0.06
(0.05, 0.07)
0.06
(0.05, 0.07)
0.05
(0.05, 0.07)

Frequency (per minute)
Preferred5.07
(3.73, 6.51)
6.60
(5.32, 7.99)
6.17
(5.35, 7.11)
6.64
(5.55, 7.82)
5.02
(4.26, 5.97)
6.24
(5.52, 6.99)
Non-Preferred3.02
(2.03, 4.16)
4.69
(3.46, 5.94)
3.48
(2.68, 4.26)
3.49
(2.77, 4.33)
3.51
(2.73, 4.38)
3.89
(3.05, 4.89)