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link between hand movement profiles and the perception of specific object
properties, grouping these into distinctive exploratory procedures (EPs)"
(McLinden, 2012, p. 130). These patterns of hand movements to obtain
specific information are related to the motor development and age of the
child. As the exploratory needs of the infant and toddler change, EPs are
rejected and accomplished (Bushnell & Boudreau, 1991). Exploratory
procedure research is well established with young children with sight, but
there are also multiple studies applying the use of EPs in young children
with visual impairment (McLinden & McCall, 2002; McLinden, 2012;
Schellingerhout et al., 1997).
Older babies prefer shape characteristics over textures because they
are beginning to experiment with manual EPs. The variability of exploratory
behavior is not confined to object properties, but also applies to the
opportunities presented by the environment. Sera and Millett (2011)
proposed that in studies of very young children, the participants attended
more closely to the stimuli, and that as they age, the children used previous
assimilated information to make choices and were more likely to make
mistakes.
Through haptic research it is known that using mental synthesis with
touch as an exploratory procedure (Lederman & Klatsky, 2009) can
