Infant Spontaneous Motor Tempo

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Infant Spontaneous Motor Tempo. / Rocha, Sinead; Southgate, Victoria; Mareschal, Denis.

In: Developmental Science, Vol. 24, No. 2, e13032, 2021.

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Rocha, S, Southgate, V & Mareschal, D 2021, 'Infant Spontaneous Motor Tempo', Developmental Science, vol. 24, no. 2, e13032. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13032

APA

Rocha, S., Southgate, V., & Mareschal, D. (2021). Infant Spontaneous Motor Tempo. Developmental Science, 24(2), [e13032]. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13032

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Rocha S, Southgate V, Mareschal D. Infant Spontaneous Motor Tempo. Developmental Science. 2021;24(2). e13032. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13032

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Rocha, Sinead ; Southgate, Victoria ; Mareschal, Denis. / Infant Spontaneous Motor Tempo. In: Developmental Science. 2021 ; Vol. 24, No. 2.

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