Human Motor Development: A Lifespan Approach

by V. Gregory Payne, Larry D. Isaacs

Now in its seventh edition, this topically organized text provides a comprehensive introduction to lifespan motor development and includes the most current research findings available in the field. The text takes a lifespan approach to development, with thorough coverage of prenatal, childhood, adolescent, and adult development. Theoretical concepts are conveyed through language appropriate for undergraduate students. This is the only lifespan motor development text that presents both the component approach and the total body approach for analyzing the basic fundamental and object control skills of childhood.

552 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1987

Reviews

[Annie Lanier]

Kind of out-dated since it was originally published in 2009 but it is still informative