Reach-to-grasp Behavior: Brain, Behavior, and Modelling Across the Life Span

Reach-to-grasp behavior is one of the earliest goal-directed movements to form in infancy and remains central throughout the life span to ensure effective interactions with the surrounding world. From a unique life-span perspective, this volume sheds light onto the sensory-motor processes involved in the selection and production of reach-to-grasp behavior, bringing together cutting-edge discoveries from developmental and learning sciences, neurophysiology and brain sciences, as well as the emerging field of developmental robotics. Chapters are divided into four areas reflecting each of these disparate fields, while the themes covered across areas are all connected to the central topic.