Figure 3. Examples of hand paths during movements towards the mouth and the object.
The upper panel illustrates movements towards the mouth performed by the same infant at 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 12 months of age. The lower panel represents reaching movements towards the object at 4, 8 and 12 months of age by the same child. The origin of the referring system (0,0) indicates the position of the target. Measurement unit for both X and Y displacements is the length of the humerus bone.