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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2022 Jan 6;58(2):222–235. doi: 10.1037/dev0001289

Figure 4.

Figure 4.

The model underlying this study suggests that early exploratory behavior with objects emerges from the behavior children use to explore their own bodies. Performance of those combined exploratory behaviors provides opportunities for children to learn about body-object affordances, object properties, events, and relations, thus, advancing children’s global development.