Monograph & Handbook Chapter

Adolph, K. E. & Berger, S. A. (2006). Motor development. In W. Damon & R. Lerner (Series Eds.) & D. Kuhn & R. S. Siegler (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of child psychology: Vol 2: Cognition, perception, and language (6th ed.) New York: Wiley, pp. 161-213.

Adolph, K. E. (1997). Learning in the development of infant locomotion. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 62 (3, Serial No. 251).

Journal Articles

Adolph, K. E., Robinson, S. R., Young, J. W., & Gill-Alvarez, F. (in press). What is the shape of developmental change? Psychological Review.

Adolph, K. E. (in press). Learning to move. Current Directions.

Badaly, D. & Adolph, K. E. (in press). Beyond the average: Walking infants take steps longer than their leg length. Infant Behavior and Development.

Ishak, S., Adolph, K. E., & Lin, G. C. (in press). Perceiving Affordances for Fitting Through Apertures. Journal of experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance.

Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., Adolph, K. E., Lobo, S. A., Karasik, L., Dimitroupoulou, K. D., & Ishak, S. (in press). When infants take mothers’ advice: 18-month-olds integrate perceptual and social information for guiding motor action. Developmental Psychology.

Karasik, L. B., Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., Adolph, K. E., & Dimitropoulou, K. A. (in press). How mothers encourage and discourage infants’ motor actions. Infancy.

Berger, S. E., Theuring, C., & Adolph, K. E. (2007). How and when infants learn to climb stairs. Infant Behavior and Development, 30, 36-49.

Garciaguirre, J. S., Adolph. K. E., & Shrout, P. E. (2007). Baby carriage: Infants walking with loads. Child Development, 78(2), 664-680.

Ishak, S., Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., & Adolph, K. E. (2007). Ensuring safety and providing challenge: Mothers’ and fathers’ expectations and choices about infant locomotion. Parenting: Science & Practice, 7, 57-68.

Joh, A. S., Adolph. K. E., Narayanan, P., & Dietz, V. (2007). Gauging possibilities for action based on friction underfoot. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 33(5), 1145-1157.

Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., Adolph, K. E., Dimitropoulou, K. A., & Zack, E. A. (2007). “No! Don’t! Stop!”: Mothers’ words for impending danger. Parenting: Science & Practice, 7(1), 1-25.

Joh, A. S. & Adolph, K. E. (2006). Learning from falling. Child Development, 77, 89-102.

Joh, A. S., Adolph, K. E., Campbell, M. R., & Eppler, M. A. (2006). Why walkers slip: Shine is not a reliable cue for slippery ground. Perception & Psychophysics, 68, 339-352.

Berger, S. E., Adolph, K. E., & Lobo, S. A., (2005). Out of the toolbox: Toddlers differentiate wobbly and wooden handrails. Child Development.

Adolph, K. E., Vereijken, B., & Shrout, P. E. (2003). What changes in infant walking and why. Child Development, 74, 475-497.

Berger, S.E. & Adolph, K. E. (2003). Infants use handrails as tools in a locomotor task. Developmental Psychology, 39, 594-605.

Adolph, K. E. (2002). Babies’ Steps Make Giant Strides Toward a Science of Development, Infant Behavior and Development, 25, 86-90.

Adolph, K. E., Marin, L. M., & Fraisse, F. E. (2001). Learning and exploration: Lessons from infants. Commentary on Stoffregen & Bardy. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24, 213-214.

Adolph, K. E. (2000). Specificity of learning: Why infants fall over a veritable cliff. Psychological Science, 11, 290-295.

Adolph, K. E. & Avolio, A. M. (2000). Walking infants adapt locomotion to changing body dimensions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26, 1148-1166.

Adolph, K. E., Eppler, M. A., Marin, L., Weise, I. B., & Clearfield, M. W. (2000). Exploration in the service of prospective control. Infant Behavior and Development: Special Issue on Perception-Action Coupling, 23, 441-460.

Mondschein, E. R., Adolph, K. E., & Tamis-Lemonda, C. S. (2000). Gender bias in mothers’ expectations about infant crawling. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Special Issue on Gender, 77, 304-316.

Adolph, K. E. & Eppler, M. A. (1998). Development of visually guided locomotion. Journal of Ecological Psychology: Special Issue on Visually Guided Locomotion, 10, 303-322.

Adolph, K. E., Vereijken, B., & Denny, M. (1998). Learning to crawl. Child Development, 69, 1299-1312.

Stoffregen, T., Adolph, K. E., Thelen, E., Gorday, K. M., & Sheng, Y. Y. (1997). Toddlers’ postural adaptations to different support surfaces. Motor Control, 1, 119-137.

Eppler, M. A. & Adolph, K. E. (1997). Toward an ecological approach to perceptual learning and development: Commentary on Michaels and Beek. Ecological Psychology, 4, 353-356.

Eppler, M. A. & Adolph, K. E., & Wiener, T. (1996). The developmental relationship between exploration and action on sloping surfaces. Infant Behavior and Development, 19, 259-264.

Adolph, K. E. (1995). A psychophysical assessment of toddlers' ability to cope with slopes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 21, 734-750.

Adolph, K. E., Eppler, M. A., & Gibson, E. J. (1993). Crawling versus walking infants’ perception of affordances for locomotion over sloping surfaces. Child Development: Special Issue on Biodynamics, 64, 1158-1174.

Gibson, E. J. & Adolph, K. E. (1992). The perceived self in infancy. Psychological Inquiry, 3, 119-121.

Thelen, E. & Adolph, K. E. (1992). Arnold L. Gesell: The paradox of nature and nurture. Developmental Psychology, 28, 368-380.

Book Chapters

Adolph, K. E., Karasik, L. B., & Tamis-LeMonda, C. S. (in press). Moving between cultures: Cross-cultural research on motor development. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of cross-cultural developmental science, Vol. 1, Domains of development across cultures. Erlbaum.

Adolph, K. E., Joh, A. S., Franchak, J. M., Ishak, S., & Gill, S. V. (in press). Flexibility in the development of action. In J. Bargh, P. Gollwitzer, & E. Morsella (Eds.), The psychology of action, Vol. 2, Oxford University Press.

Adolph, K. E. (in press). The growing body in action: What infant locomotion tells us about perceptually guided action. In R. Klatzky & M. Behrmann (Eds.), Carnegie Mellon Symposium on Embodied Cognition.

Adolph, K. E. & Joh, A. S. (in press). Multiple learning mechanisms in the development of action. In A. Woodward & A. Needham (Eds.), Learning and the infant mind. New York: Oxford University Press.

Berger, S. E. & Adolph, K. E. (in press). Learning and development in infant locomotion. In C. von Hoftsen & K. Rosander (Eds.), From Action to Cognition: Progress in Brain Research. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Adolph, K. E. & Joh, A. S. (2007). Motor development: How infants get into the act. In A. Slater & M. Lewis (Eds.), Introduction to infant development, (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Berger, S. E. & Theuring, C. F., & Adolph, K. E. (2007). How and when infants learn to climb stairs. FLASH Alert to New Science and Health Research Stories. Oxford: Elsevier. (Reprinted from Infant Behavior and Development, 30, 2007).

Adolph, K. E. (2005). Learning to learn in the development of action. In J. Lockman, J. Reiser, & C. A. Nelson (Eds.), Action as an organizer of perception and cognition during learning and development: Minnesota Symposium on Child Development (Vol. 33, pp. 91-122). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Adolph, K. E. & Berger, S. E. (2005). Physical and motor development. In M. H. Bornstein & M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Developmental science: An advanced textbook, (5th ed., pp. 223-281). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Tamis-LeMonda, C. S. & Adolph, K. E. (2005). Social cognition in infant motor action. In B. Homer & C. S. Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.), The development of social cognition and communication, (pp. 145-164). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.

Berger, S. E. & Adolph, K. E. (2004). Infants use handrails as tools in a locomotor task. In M. Gauvain & M. Cole (Eds.), Readings on the development of children (3rd ed., pp. 87-102). New York: Freeman. (Reprinted from Developmental Psychology, 39, pp. 594-605, 2003).

Adolph, K. E. (2002). Learning to keep balance. In R. Kail (Ed.), Advances in Child Development & Behavior (Vol. 30, pp. 1-40). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.

Adolph, K. E. & Eppler, M. A. (2002). Flexibility and specificity in infant motor skill acquisition. In J. Fagan (Ed.), Progress in Infancy Research (Vol. 2, pp. 121-167). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Adolph, K. E. & Eppler, M. A. (1999). Obstacles to understanding: An ecological approach to infant problem solving. In E. Winograd, R. Fivush, & W. Hirst (Eds.), Ecological approaches to cognition: Essays in honor of Ulric Neisser (pp. 31-58). NJ: Erlbaum.

Vereijken, B. & Adolph, K. E. (1999). Transitions in the development of locomotion. In G.J.P. Savelsbergh, H. L. J. van der Maas, & P.C.L. van Geert (Eds.), Non-linear analyses of developmental processes (pp. 137-149). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Siegler, R. S., Adolph, K. E., & Lemaire, P. (1996). Strategy choices across the lifespan. In L. Reder (Ed.), Implicit memory and metacognition (pp. 79-121). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Thelen, E. & Adolph, K. E. (1994). Arnold L. Gesell: The paradox of nature and nurture. Reprinted in R. D. Parke, P. A. Ornstein, J. J. Rieser, & C. Zahn-Waxler (Eds.), A century of developmental psychology (pp. 357-387). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Adolph, K. E., Eppler, M. A., & Gibson, E. J. (1993). Development of perception of affordances. In C. Rovee-Collier & L. P. Lipsett (Eds.), Advances in infancy research (Vol. 8, pp. 51-98). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Encyclopedia Entries

Adolph, K. E. (in press). Motor/physical development: Locomotion. In M. M. Haith and J. B. Benson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of infant and early childhood development. San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

Adolph, K. E., Weise, I., & Marin, L. (2003). Motor development. Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (pp. 134-137). London: Macmillan Reference Ltd.

Marin, L., Weise, I., & Adolph, K. E. (2000). Locomotor development. In L. Balter (Ed.), Parenthood in America: An Encyclopedia (pp. 354-358). Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO.

Gibson, E. J., Adolph, K. E., & Eppler, M. A. (1999). Affordances. In R. A. Wilson & F. C. Keil (Eds.), The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (pp. 4–6). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Gibson, E. J., Eppler, M. A., & Adolph, K. E. (1999). Perceptual development. In R. A. Wilson & F. C. Keil (Eds.), The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (pp. 632-635). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Conference Proceedings and Reports

Anderson, J. , Bode, C. , Faradjian, G., & Adolph, K.E. (2001). Effects of asymmetry on automaticity and adaptability in adult walking. In G. A. Burton & R. C. Schmidt (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action VI (pp. 223–226). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Fraisse, F. E., Couet, A. M., Bellanca, K. J., & Adolph, K. E. (2001). Infants’ response to potential risk: Social interaction and perceptual exploration. In G. A. Burton & R. C. Schmidt (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action VI (pp. 97–100). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Adolph, K. E., Avolio, A. M., & Leo, A. J. (1999). Specificity of learning: Why infants fall over a veritable cliff. In M. A. Grealy & J. A. Thompson (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action V (pp. 236–239). NJ: Erlbaum.

Chan, M. Y., Lu, Y., Marin, L. & Adolph, K. E. (1999). A baby’s day: Capturing crawling experience. In M. A. Grealy & J. A. Thompson (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action V (pp. 245–249). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Lo, T. W., Avolio, A. M., Massop, S. A., & Adolph, K. E. (1999). Why toddlers don’t perceive risky ground based on surface friction. In M. A. Grealy & J. A. Thompson (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action V (pp. 231–235). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Stergiou, C. S., Adolph, K. E., Alibali, M. W., Avolio, A. M., & Cenedella, C. (1997). Social expressions in infant locomotion: Vocalizations and gestures on slopes. In M. A. Schmuckler & J. M. Kennedy (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action IV (pp. 215–219). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Gorday, K. M., Stroop, M. A., Adolph, K. E., & Thelen, E. (1995). Toddlers' postural control on different surfaces. In G. Bardy, R. J. Bootsma, & Y. Guiard (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action III (pp. 15–18). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Vereijken, B., Adolph, K. E., Denny, M. A., Fadl, Y., Gill, S. V., & Lucero, A. A. (1995). Development of infant crawling: Balance constraints on interlimb coordination. In G. Bardy, R. J. Bootsma, & Y. Guiard (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action III (pp. 255–258). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Adolph, K. E., Gibson, E. J. & Eppler, M. A. (1990, January). Perceiving affordances of slopes: The ups and downs of toddlers' locomotion. (Technical Report No.16). Atlanta, GA: Emory University, Emory Cognition Project.