A team of scientists from the University of Tokyo has finally solved the ongoing conundrum of why babies kick in the womb. Using motion capture technology and a musculoskeletal computer model, the ...

Spontaneous, random baby movements aid the development of their sensorimotor system, according to new research led by the University of Tokyo. Detailed motion capture of newborns and infants was ...

Researchers propose a novel learning rule to explain the development of sensorimotor intelligence. It is fascinating to observe a robot exploring its physical possibilities and surroundings, and ...

The centuries-old mystery of why babies kick their mamas in the gut has finally been solved, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

When her daughter was born two-and-a-half years ago, Mary Goldsberry-Troyer eagerly watched for the typical developmental milestones in her firstborn. She noted when Vivi smiled, rolled over, and took ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 114, No. 18 (May 2, 2017), pp. 4787-4792 (6 pages) The visual occipito-temporal cortex is composed of several ...

Spontaneous, random baby movements aid development of their sensorimotor system, according to new research led by the University of Tokyo. Detailed motion capture of newborns and infants was combined ...

Those seemingly random kicks or wiggles a newborn baby makes have a purpose. With each movement, the baby is developing its sensorimotor system, which it will later use to perform sequential movements ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have revealed that the seemingly random movements of babies do actually have a purpose. Researchers have discovered the reason why babies randomly kick, wiggle ...

An interdisciplinary research team has found important clues about the functioning of the sensorimotor cortex. The new findings on neuronal activities in this brain area could be helpful for the ...

This news release is available in German. It is fascinating to observe a robot exploring its physical possibilities and surroundings, and subsequently developing different self-taught behaviors ...