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I.  Perception-Action Approach Application Research and Publications
  1. Tscharnuter I. A new therapy approach to movement organization. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 1993;13:19-40.
  2. Tscharnuter I.  Clinical application of dynamic theory concepts according to Tscharnuter Akademie for Movement Organization (TAMO) therapy.  Pediatr Phys Ther.  2002; 14:29-37.
  3. Rahlin M. TAMO therapy as a major component of physical therapy intervention for an infant with congenital muscular torticollis: a case report. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2005;17:209-218.
  4. Stergiou N, Harbourne RT, Cavanough JT. Optimal movement variability: a new theoretical perspective for neurologic physical therapy.  J Neurol Phys Ther. 2006;30(3):120-129.
  5. Dusing SC, Harbourne RT.  Variability in postural control during infancy: implications for development, assessment, and intervention.  Phys Ther.  2010;90:1838-1849.
  6. Harbourne RT, Willett S, Kyvelidou A, Deffeyes J, Stergiou N.  A comparison of interventions for children with cerebral palsy to improve sitting postural control: a clinical trial.  Phys Ther.  2010;90:1881-1898.
  7. Rahlin M. Case report: an individualized intermittent intensive physical therapy schedule for a child with spastic quadriparesis.  Physiother Theory Pract. 2011 Oct;27(7):512-520.
  8. Harbourne R, Willett SL, Ryalls B, Stergiou N. The use of stochastic noise during intervention to improve sitting postural control in children with cerebral palsy. In: Abstracts of Poster Presentations at the 2013 Combined Sections Meeting. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2013;25(1):105-106. Abstract.
  9. Rahlin M. Physical Therapy for Children With Cerebral Palsy: An Evidence-Based Approach. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Incorporated; 2016.

II.  Research and Publications Related to Theoretical Foundation of Perception-Action Approach
  1. Adolph KE. Learning in the development of infant locomotion. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev. 1997;2(3):v, 1-162.
  2. Adolph KE.  Specificity of learning: why infants fall over a veritable cliff.  Psychol Sci. 2000;11:290-295.
  3. Adolph KE, Berger SE.  Motor development.  In: Damon W, Lerner R, Kuhn D, Siegler RS (eds).  Handbook of Child Psychology, Vol. 2: Cognition, Perception, and Language.  New York, NY: Wiley; 2006:161-213.
  4. Bahrick LE, Watson JS. Detection of intermodal proprioceptive-visual contingency as a potential basis of self-perception in infancy. Dev Psychol. 1985;21(6):963-973.
  5. Bernstein NA.  On dexterity and its development.  In: Latash ML, Turvey MT, eds.  Dexterity and Its Development.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers; 1996:3-244.
  6. Bushnell EW, Boudreau JP. Motor development and the mind: the potential role of motor abilities as a determinant of aspects of perceptual development. Child Dev. 1993; 64(4):1005-1021.
  7. Campos J, Anderson D. Travel broadens the mind. Infancy. 2000;1(2):149-219.
  8. Chen LC. The Development of Adaptive Sensorymotor Control in Infant Upright Posture [dissertation]. College Park: University of Maryland; 2007.
  9. Dusing SC, Izzo T, Thacker LR, Galloway JC. Postural complexity influences development in infants born preterm with brain injury: relating perception-action theory to 3 cases. Phys Ther. 2014;94(10):1508-1516.
  10. Edelman GM.  Neural Darwinism. New York, NY: Basic Books; 1987.
  11. Edelman GM, Reeke GN, Gall WE, Tononi G, Williams D, Sporns O. Synthetic neural modeling applied to a real-world artifact. Neurobiol. 1992;89:7267-7271.
  12. Edelman GM.  Neural Darwinism: selection and reentrant signaling in higher brain function.  Neuron.  1993; 10(2):115-125.
  13. Fetters L.  Perspective on variability in the development of human action.  Phys Ther.  2010;90:1860-1867.
  14. Gibson JJ, Gibson EJ. Perceptual learning: differentiation or enrichment? Psychol Rev. 1955;62(1):32-41.
  15. Gibson J. The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin; 1966.
  16. Gibson EJ, Walker AS. Development of knowledge of visual-tactual affordances of substance. Child Dev.1984;55(2):453-460.
  17. Gibson EJ, Riccio G, Schmuckler MA, Stoffregen TA, Rosenberg D, Taormina J. Detection of the traversability of surfaces by crawling and walking infants. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 1987; 13(4):533-544.
  18. Gibson EJ. What does infant perception tell us about theories of perception? J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform.1987;13(4):515-523.
  19. Gibson EJ. Exploratory behavior in the development of perceiving, acting, and the acquiring of knowledge. Annu Rev Psychol. 1988;39:1-41.
  20. Hadders-Algra M.  Early brain damage and the development of motor behavior in children: clues for therapeutic intervention?  Neural Plast.  2001;8:31-49.
  21. Hadders-Algra, M. Variation and variability: key words in human motor development. Phys Ther. 2010;90:1823-1837.
  22. Harbourne RT, Stergiou N. Movement variability and the use of nonlinear tools: principles to guide physical therapist practice. Phys Ther. 2009;89(3):267-282.
  23. Harbourne RT. The Embodied Mind in Early Development: Sitting Postural Control and Visual Attention in Infants with Typical Development and Infants with Delays [dissertation]. Lincoln: University of Nebraska; 2009.
  24. Harbourne RT, Ryallis B, Stergiou N. Sitting and looking: a comparison of stability and visual exploration in infants with typical development and infants with motor delay. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2014;34(2):197-212.
  25. Jeka J. Light touch contact as a balance aid. Phys Ther. 1997;77:476-478.
  26. Jeka J, Oie K, Schöner G, Dijkstra T, Henson E. Position and velocity coupling of postural sway to somatosensory drive. J Neurophysiol. 1998;79(4):1661-1674.
  27. Kamm K, Thelen E, Jensen JL. A dynamical systems approach to motor development. Phys Ther. 1990;70:763-775.
  28. Kelso JAS. Dynamic Patterns: The Self-Organization of Brain and Behavior. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press; 1995.
  29. Kleim J, Jones T. Principles of experience-dependent neural plasticity: implications for rehabilitation after brain damage. J Speech Lang Hearing Res. 2008;51:225-239.
  30. Latash ML, Turvey MT, eds.  Dexterity and Its Development.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers; 1996:277-303.
  31. Liebovich LS.  Fractals and Chaos Simplified for the Life Sciences.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1998.
  32. Needham A, Libertus K. Embodiment in early development. WIREs Cogn Sci. 2011;2:117-123.
  33. Pick H. Eleanor Gibson: learning to perceive and perceiving to learn. Dev Psychol. 1992;28(5):787-794.
  34. Spencer JP, Clearfield M, Corbetta D, Ulrich B, Buchanan P, Schöner G. Moving toward a grand theory of development: in memory of Esther Thelen. Child Dev. 2006;77(6):1521-1538.
  35. Sporns O, Gally JA, Reeke GN, Edelman GM. Reentrant signaling among simulated neuronal groups leads to coherency in their oscillatory activity. Neurobiol. 1989;86:7265-7269.
  36. Sporns O, Edelman G. Solving Bernstein’s problem. Child Dev. 1993;64(4):960-981.
  37. Stergiou N, Harbourne RT, Cavanough JT. Optimal movement variability: a new theoretical perspective for neurologic physical therapy.  J Neurol Phys Ther. 2006;30(3):120-129.
  38. Thelen E. Rhythmical stereotypies in normal human infants. Anim Behav. 1979;27:699-715.
  39. Thelen E. Kicking, rocking and waving: contextual analysis of rhythmic stereotypies in normal human infants. Anim Behav. 1981;29(1):3-11.
  40. Thelen E. Rhythmical behavior in infancy: an ethological perspective. Dev Psychol. 1981;17(3):237-257.
  41. Thelen E, Fischer DM. Newborn stepping: and explanation for a “disappearing” reflex. Dev Psychol.1982;18(5):760-775.
  42. Thelen E, Fischer DM. The organization of spontaneous leg movements in newborn infants. J Mot Behav.1983;15(4):353-377.
  43. Thelen E, Fisher DM, Ridley-Johnson R, Griffin NJ. Effects of body build and arousal on newborn infant stepping. Dev Psychobiol. 1982;15(5):447-453.
  44. Thelen E, Fisher DM, Ridley-Johnson R, Griffin NJ. The relationship between physical growth and a newborn reflex. Infant Behav Dev. 1984;7(4):479-493.
  45. Thelen E. Treadmill-elicited stepping in seven-month-old infants. Child Dev. 1986; 57:1498-1506.
  46. Thelen E, Kelso JAS, Fogel A. Self-organizing systems and infant motor development. Dev Review. 1987;7(1):39-65.
  47. Thelen E, Ulrich BD, Niles D. Bilateral coordination in human infants: stepping on a split-belt treadmill. 1987; 13(3):405-410.
  48. Thelen E, Ulrich BD. Hidden skills: a dynamic systems analysis of treadmill stepping during the first year. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev. 1991;56(1):1-98.
  49. Thelen E, Bril G, Breniere Y. The emergence of heel strike in in newly walking infants: a dynamic interpretation. In: Woollacott M, Horak F, eds. Posture and Gait Control Mechanisms. Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Books; 1992:334-337.
  50. Thelen E. Three-month-old infants can learn task-specific patterns of interlimb coordination. Psychol Sci.1994;5(5):280-285.
  51. Thelen E, Smith LB. A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 1994:3-20.
  52. Thelen E. Motor development. A new synthesis. Am Psychol. 1995;50(2):79-95.
  53. Vereijken B.  The complexity of childhood development: variability in perspective.  Phys Ther.  2010;90:1850-1859.
  54. van der Meer AL. Keeping the arm in the limelight: advanced visual control of arm movements in neonates, Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 1997;4:103-108.
  55. von Hofsten C, Feng Q, Spelke ES. Object representation and predictive action in infancy.Dev Science.2000;3(2):193-205.
  56. Warren WH. Perceiving affordances: visual guidance of stair climbing.  J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 1984; 10(5):683-703.
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