Esther Thelen - Publications

Affiliations: 
Indiana University, Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States 
Area:
Dynamic Systems Theory, motor development

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2009 Clearfield MW, Dineva E, Smith LB, Diedrich FJ, Thelen E. Cue salience and infant perseverative reaching: tests of the dynamic field theory. Developmental Science. 12: 26-40. PMID 19120410 DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-7687.2008.00769.X  0.793
2007 Feng J, Spencer J, Schöner G, Clearfield MW, Thelen E. A novel technology for investigating the dynamics of infant perseverative reaching. Behavior Research Methods. 39: 911-9. PMID 18183908 DOI: 10.3758/Bf03192986  0.76
2007 Clearfield MW, Feng J, Thelen E. The development of reaching across the first year in twins of known placental type. Motor Control. 11: 29-53. PMID 17392566  0.746
2006 Clearfield MW, Diedrich FJ, Smith LB, Thelen E. Young infants reach correctly in A-not-B tasks: on the development of stability and perseveration. Infant Behavior & Development. 29: 435-44. PMID 17138296 DOI: 10.1016/J.Infbeh.2006.03.001  0.813
2006 Schöner G, Thelen E. Using dynamic field theory to rethink infant habituation. Psychological Review. 113: 273-99. PMID 16637762 DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.113.2.273  0.442
2005 Zaal FT, Thelen E. The developmental roots of the speed-accuracy trade-off. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance. 31: 1266-73. PMID 16366788 DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.31.6.1266  0.534
2005 Thelen E. Dynamic systems theory and the complexity of change Psychoanalytic Dialogues. 15: 255-280. DOI: 10.1080/10481881509348831  0.348
2004 Galloway JC, Thelen E. Feet first: Object exploration in young infants Infant Behavior and Development. 27: 107-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2003.06.001  0.572
2003 Smith LB, Thelen E. Development as a dynamic system. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 7: 343-348. PMID 12907229 DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00156-6  0.611
2003 Spencer JP, Thelen E. Introduction to the special issue: Why this question and why now? Developmental Science. 6: 375-377. DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00293  0.413
2003 Iverson JM, Thelen E. The hand leads the mouth in ontogenesis too Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 26: 225-226. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X03410066  0.59
2002 Angulo-Kinzler RM, Ulrich B, Thelen E. Three-month-old infants can select specific leg motor solutions. Motor Control. 6: 52-68. PMID 11842270 DOI: 10.1123/Mcj.6.1.52  0.545
2002 Thelen E, Fisher DM, Ridley-Johnson R. The relationship between physical growth and a newborn reflex Infant Behavior and Development. 25: 72-85. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(02)00091-7  0.486
2001 Spencer JP, Smith LB, Thelen E. Tests of a dynamic systems account of the A-not-B error: the influence of prior experience on the spatial memory abilities of two-year-olds. Child Development. 72: 1327-46. PMID 11699674 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00351  0.615
2001 Thelen E, Schöner G, Scheier C, Smith LB. The dynamics of embodiment: a field theory of infant perseverative reaching. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 24: 1-34; discussion 34-. PMID 11515285 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X01003910  0.624
2001 Diedrich FJ, Highlands TM, Spahr KA, Thelen E, Smith LB. The role of target distinctiveness in infant perseverative reaching. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 78: 263-90. PMID 11222002 DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2000.2569  0.595
2001 Thelen E, Schöner G, Scheier C, Smith LB. So what's a modeler to do? Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 24: 70-80. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X01553911  0.402
2000 Thelen E. Grounded in the World: Developmental Origins of the Embodied Mind. Infancy : the Official Journal of the International Society On Infant Studies. 1: 3-28. PMID 32680313 DOI: 10.1207/S15327078IN0101_02  0.37
2000 Spencer JP, Thelen E. Spatially Specific Changes in Infants' Muscle Coactivity as They Learn to Reach. Infancy : the Official Journal of the International Society On Infant Studies. 1: 275-302. PMID 32680281 DOI: 10.1207/S15327078IN0103_1  0.648
2000 Diedrich FJ, Thelen E, Smith LB, Corbetta D. Motor memory is a factor in infant perseverative errors Developmental Science. 3: 479-494. DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00140  0.78
2000 Spencer JP, Vereijken B, Diedrich FJ, Thelen E. Posture and the emergence of manual skills Developmental Science. 3: 216-233. DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00115  0.562
2000 Thelen E. Motor development as foundation and future of developmental psychology International Journal of Behavioral Development. 24: 385-397. DOI: 10.1080/016502500750037937  0.389
2000 Corbetta D, Thelen E, Johnson K. Motor constraints on the development of perception-action matching in infant reaching Infant Behavior and Development. 23: 351-374. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(01)00049-2  0.74
2000 Corbetta D, Thelen E, Johnson K. Motor constraints on the development of perception-action matching in infant reaching Infant Behavior and Development. 23: 351-374. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(01)00049-2  0.768
2000 Diedrich FJ, Thelen E, Smith LB, Corbetta D. Motor memory is a factor in infant perseverative errors Developmental Science. 3: 479-494.  0.338
2000 Spencer JP, Thelen E. Spatially Specific Changes in Infants' Muscle Coactivity as They Learn to Reach Infancy. 1: 275-302.  0.526
1999 Spencer JP, Thelen E. A multimuscle state analysis of adult motor learning. Experimental Brain Research. 128: 505-16. PMID 10541744 DOI: 10.1007/s002210050873  0.522
1999 Zaal FT, Daigle K, Gottlieb GL, Thelen E. An unlearned principle for controlling natural movements. Journal of Neurophysiology. 82: 255-9. PMID 10400954 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1999.82.1.255  0.444
1999 Smith LB, Thelen E, Titzer R, McLin D. Knowing in the context of acting: the task dynamics of the A-not-B error. Psychological Review. 106: 235-60. PMID 10378013 DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.106.2.235  0.542
1999 Corbetta D, Thelen E. Lateral biases and fluctuations in infants' spontaneous arm movements and reaching. Developmental Psychobiology. 34: 237-55. PMID 10331149 DOI: 10.1002/(Sici)1098-2302(199905)34:2<237::Aid-Dev1>3.0.Co;2-#  0.781
1999 Iverson JM, Thelen E. Hand, mouth and brain: The dynamic emergence of speech and gesture Journal of Consciousness Studies. 6: 19-40.  0.549
1998 Thelen E, Spencer JP. Postural control during reaching in young infants: a dynamic systems approach. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 22: 507-14. PMID 9595562 DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00037-7  0.657
1998 Horn CL, Angulo-Kinzler RM, Thelen E. Retention of specific motor solutions in three month-olds using a constrained contingent reinforcement procedure Infant Behavior and Development. 21: 467. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(98)91680-0  0.323
1998 Clearfield MW, Thelen E. The effect of developing reaching skill on infant perseverative reaching errors Infant Behavior and Development. 21: 345. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(98)91558-2  0.777
1998 Diedrich FJ, Thelen E, Smith LB. Motor memory influences performance in the A-not-B task Infant Behavior and Development. 21: 41. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(98)91256-5  0.491
1997 Vereijken B, Thelen E. Training infant treadmill stepping: the role of individual pattern stability. Developmental Psychobiology. 30: 89-102. PMID 9068964 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199703)30:2<89::AID-DEV1>3.0.CO;2-Q  0.337
1997 Stoffregen TA, Adolph K, Thelen E, Gorday KM, Sheng YY. Toddlers' postural adaptations to different support surfaces Motor Control. 1: 119-137. DOI: 10.1123/Mcj.1.2.119  0.539
1996 Corbetta D, Thelen E. The developmental origins of bimanual coordination: a dynamic perspective. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance. 22: 502-22. PMID 8934856 DOI: 10.1037//0096-1523.22.2.502  0.754
1996 Thelen E, Corbetta D, Spencer JP. Development of reaching during the first year: role of movement speed. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance. 22: 1059-76. PMID 8865616 DOI: 10.1037//0096-1523.22.5.1059  0.79
1996 Thelen E. Developmental “movement disorders” and problem solving Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 19: 88-89. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00041716  0.435
1996 Ulrich B, Angulo-Kinzler R, Chapman D, Thelen E. Context effects on neuromuscular control during stepping in newly walking infants Infant Behavior and Development. 19: 789. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90843-7  0.509
1996 Thelen E. Attractors at different time scales in infant development Infant Behavior and Development. 19: 92. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90147-2  0.477
1995 Corbetta D, Thelen E. A Method for Identifying the Initiation of Reaching Movements in Natural Prehension. Journal of Motor Behavior. 28: 285-293. PMID 12529239 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1995.9941718  0.737
1995 Jensen JL, Thelen E, Ulrich BD, Schneider K, Zernicke RF. Adaptive Dynamics of the Leg Movement Patterns of Human Infants: III. Age-Related Differences in Limb Control. Journal of Motor Behavior. 27: 366-374. PMID 12529231 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1995.9941724  0.461
1995 Thelen E. Motor development: A new synthesis. American Psychologist. 50: 79-95. PMID 7879990 DOI: 10.1037//0003-066X.50.2.79  0.421
1995 Thelen E. Motor development. A new synthesis. The American Psychologist. 50: 79-95. PMID 7879990  0.314
1995 Thelen E. Origins of origins of motor control Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 18: 780-783. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00041030  0.546
1994 Jensen JL, Schneider K, Ulrich BD, Zernicke RF, Thelen E. Adaptive Dynamics of the Leg Movement Patterns of Human Infants: II. Treadmill stepping in Infants and Adults. Journal of Motor Behavior. 26: 313-324. PMID 12719188 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1994.9941687  0.515
1994 Jensen JL, Schneider K, Ulrich BD, Zernicke RF, Thelen E. Adaptive Dynamics of the Leg Movement Patterns of Human Infants: I. The Effects of Posture on Spontaneous Kicking. Journal of Motor Behavior. 26: 303-312. PMID 12719187 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1994.9941686  0.461
1994 Ronca AE, Kamm K, Thelen E, Alberts JR. Proximal control of fetal rat behavior. Developmental Psychobiology. 27: 23-38. PMID 8112486 DOI: 10.1002/dev.420270104  0.365
1994 Thelen E, Corbetta D. Exploration and selection in the early acquisition of skill. International Review of Neurobiology. 37: 75-102; discussion 1. PMID 7883488 DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(08)60240-8  0.729
1994 Davis DW, Thelen E, Keck J. Treadmill stepping in infants born prematurely. Early Human Development. 39: 211-23. PMID 7712955 DOI: 10.1016/0378-3782(94)90199-6  0.546
1994 Thelen E. Three-Month-Old Infants Can Learn Task-Specific Patterns of Interlimb Coordination Psychological Science. 5: 280-285. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1994.tb00626.x  0.491
1994 Schneider K, Zernicke RF, Thelen E. Cost function analysis of infant reaching Journal of Biomechanics. 27: 740. DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(94)91174-6  0.443
1993 Lockman JJ, Thelen E. Developmental biodynamics: brain, body, behavior connections. Child Development. 64: 953-9. PMID 8404270 DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8624.1993.Tb04181.X  0.326
1993 Thelen E, Corbetta D, Kamm K, Spencer JP, Schneider K, Zernicke RF. The transition to reaching: mapping intention and intrinsic dynamics. Child Development. 64: 1058-98. PMID 8404257 DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8624.1993.Tb04188.X  0.809
1992 Thelen E, Adolph KE. Arnold L. Gesell: The Paradox of Nature and Nurture Developmental Psychology. 28: 368-380. DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.28.3.368  0.609
1991 Thelen E, Ulrich BD. Hidden skills: a dynamic systems analysis of treadmill stepping during the first year. Monographs of the Society For Research in Child Development. 56: 1-98; discussion 99-. PMID 1922136  0.469
1991 Thelen E. Timing in Motor Development as Emergent Process and Product Advances in Psychology. 81: 201-211. DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4115(08)60766-9  0.532
1991 Ulrich BD, Jensen JL, Thelen E. Stability and Variation in the Development of Infant Stepping: Implications for Control Advances in Psychology. 78: 145-164. DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4115(08)60741-4  0.563
1990 Schneider K, Zernicke RF, Ulrich BD, Jensen JL, Thelen E. Understanding movement control in infants through the analysis of limb intersegmental dynamics. Journal of Motor Behavior. 22: 493-520. PMID 15117659 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1990.10735525  0.434
1990 Kamm K, Thelen E, Jensen JL. A dynamical systems approach to motor development. Physical Therapy. 70: 763-75. PMID 2236220 DOI: 10.1093/Ptj/70.12.763  0.463
1989 Thelen E. Evolving and Dissolving Synergies in the Development of Leg Coordination Advances in Psychology. 61: 259-281. DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4115(08)60024-2  0.495
1989 Jensen JL, Thelen E, Ulrich BD. Constraints on multi-joint movements: From the spontaneity of infancy to the skill of adults. Reaction to G.J. van Ingen Schenau (1989) Human Movement Science. 8: 393-402. DOI: 10.1016/0167-9457(89)90044-4  0.304
1989 Schneider K, Zernicke RF, Jensen JL, Ulrich BD, Thelen E. Posture-related modulations of limb dynamics during spontaneous kicking of infants Journal of Biomechanics. 22: 1079.  0.428
1987 Thelen E, Cooke DW. Relationship between newborn stepping and later walking: a new interpretation. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 29: 380-93. PMID 3596074 DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-8749.1987.Tb02492.X  0.427
1987 Cooke DW, Thelen E. Newborn stepping: a review of puzzling infant co-ordination. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 29: 399-404. PMID 3297894 DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-8749.1987.Tb02495.X  0.492
1987 Thelen E, Ulrich BD, Niles D. Bilateral coordination in human infants: stepping on a split-belt treadmill. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance. 13: 405-10. PMID 2958589 DOI: 10.1037//0096-1523.13.3.405  0.568
1987 Fogel A, Thelen E. Development of Early Expressive and Communicative Action: Reinterpreting the Evidence From a Dynamic Systems Perspective Developmental Psychology. 23: 747-761. DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.23.6.747  0.392
1987 Thelen E, Skala KD, Kelso JS. The dynamic nature of early coordination: Evidence from bilateral leg movements in young infants. Developmental Psychology. 23: 179-186. DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.23.2.179  0.474
1987 Thelen E, Skala KD, Kelso JAS. The Dynamic Nature of Early Coordination: Evidence From Bilateral Leg Movements in Young Infants Developmental Psychology. 23: 179-186. DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.23.2.179  0.558
1987 Thelen E, Kelso JAS, Fogel A. Self-organizing systems and infant motor development Developmental Review. 7: 39-65. DOI: 10.1016/0273-2297(87)90004-9  0.466
1986 Thelen E. Treadmill-elicited stepping in seven-month-old infants. Child Development. 57: 1498-506. PMID 3802974 DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8624.1986.Tb00474.X  0.556
1986 Thelen E, Fisher Thompson D. The effects of supplemental vestibular stimulation on stereotyped behavior and development in normal infants Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics. 6: 57-70. DOI: 10.1080/J006v06n02_05  0.366
1986 Thelen E. Timing and systems in early motor development Infant Behavior and Development. 9: 374. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(86)80380-0  0.317
1986 Alberts JR, Leon M, Thelen E. Developmental psychobiology: A statement of scope and intent Developmental Psychobiology. 19: iii-iv. DOI: 10.1002/dev.420190302  0.313
1985 Thelen E. Developmental origins of motor coordination: leg movements in human infants. Developmental Psychobiology. 18: 1-22. PMID 3967798 DOI: 10.1002/dev.420180102  0.509
1983 Thelen E. Learning to walk is still an "old" problem: a reply to Zelazo (1983). Journal of Motor Behavior. 15: 139-61. PMID 15151876 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1983.10735293  0.307
1983 Thelen E, Fisher DM. The organization of spontaneous leg movements in newborn infants. Journal of Motor Behavior. 15: 353-77. PMID 15151867 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1983.10735305  0.456
1983 Thelen E, Fisher DM. From spontaneous to instrumental behavior: kinematic analysis of movement changes during very early learning. Child Development. 54: 129-40. PMID 6831981 DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-8624.1983.Tb00341.X  0.524
1983 Thelen E, Ridley-Johnson R, Fisher DM. Shifting patterns of bilateral coordination and lateral dominance in the leg movements of young infants. Developmental Psychobiology. 16: 29-46. PMID 6825965 DOI: 10.1002/dev.420160105  0.575
1982 Thelen E, Fisher DM, Ridley-Johnson R, Griffin NJ. Effects of body build and arousal on newborn infant stepping. Developmental Psychobiology. 15: 447-53. PMID 7128943 DOI: 10.1002/dev.420150506  0.539
1981 Thelen E, Bradshaw G, Ward JA. Spontaneous kicking in month-old infants: manifestation of a human central locomotor program. Behavioral and Neural Biology. 32: 45-53. PMID 7259716 DOI: 10.1016/S0163-1047(81)90257-0  0.754
1981 Thelen E. Kicking, rocking, and waving: contextual analysis of rhythmical stereotypies in normal human infants. Animal Behaviour. 29: 3-11. PMID 7235314 DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(81)80146-7  0.48
1980 Thelen E. Determinants of amounts of stereotyped behavior in normal human infants Ethology and Sociobiology. 1: 141-150. DOI: 10.1016/0162-3095(80)90004-7  0.542
1979 Thelen E. Rhythmical stereotypies in normal human infants. Animal Behaviour. 27: 699-715. PMID 556122 DOI: 10.1016/0003-3472(79)90006-X  0.507
1977 Thelen E, Farish DJ. An Analysis of the Grooming Behavior of Wild and Mutant Strains of Bracon Hebet or (Braconidae : Hymenoptera) Behaviour. 62: 70-102. DOI: 10.1163/156853977X00054  0.322
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