Infant Walking and Everyday Experience: Unraveling the Development of Behavior from Motor Development

The development of walking has been extensively studied because it enables infants to move more, carry and manipulate objects, and engage in more frequent interactions with people. Changes in various domains, such as motor and cognitive abilities, can interact with each other. This phenomenon is known as a developmental cascade. This study focuses on infant walking and behavioral changes. After providing an overview of theoretical frameworks, I review recent infant walking studies, including my own, to discuss the relationship between motor and behavioral development. The significance of observations in everyday environments was also discussed.