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Body awareness

Body awareness is an infant’s developing understanding of the body as a distinct, moving, sensing, and perceiving self.

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Body Awareness Development in Infancy

Body Awareness Development in Infancy

What Body Awareness Means in Infancy Body awareness is a broad neurodevelopmental capacity rather than a single milestone. It includes interoceptive information about internal bodily states, proprioceptive information about joint position and muscle activity, vestibular information about head movement and gravity, and exteroceptive information from touch and vision. An infant’s brain must gradually combine these […]