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Publications

Textbook

Gabbard, C. (2012). Lifelong motor development (6th edition). Benjamin Cummings.

Chapters

Gabbard, C., Caçola, P., Spesatto, B., & Santos, D. (2012). The home environment and infant

and young children's motor development. In A. M. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology

Research, volume 90. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Gabbard, C., Caçola, P., & Bobbio, T. (2009). Studying motor development: A biological and

environmental perspective. In E. Kahraman & A. Baig (Eds.), Environmentalism: Environmental

strategies, and environmental sustainability, (pp. 129-139). Nova Science Publishers.

Gabbard, C., & Rodrigues, L. (2009). Contemporary tests for assessing motor development in infants

(2nd ed.). In M.V. L. Moura-Ribeiro, & V. Gonçalves (Eds.), Neurological development of

children,(volume 1, pp. 270-287). Revinter, Brazil.

Gabbard, C. (2009). A Developmental systems approach for the study of motor development. In

Lucian T. Pelligrino (Ed.), Handbook of motor skills: Development, impairment, and therapy

(pp. 170-185). Nova Science Publishers.

Gabbard, C. (2009). Optimizing brain and motor development through movement. Chapter in L.

Rodrigues et al. (Eds.), Studies in Motor Development of Children II (pp. 3-8). Escola Superior

de Educação, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

Gabbard, C., & Rodrigues, L. (2008). Affordances for motor development. In, Ruy Krebs &

Carlos Neto (Eds) Tópicos em Desenvolvimento Motor na Infância e Adolescência,

(pp 160 -170) Rio de Janeiro: LECSU.

Gabbard, C. (2008). Perceptual development and human movement. In, Payne, G., & G. Peixin

(Eds.), Introduction to human motor development (pp 150- 160) . People’s Education Press,

Chinese Ministry of Education, Beijing.

Journals

2012

Miquelote, A., Santos, D., Cacola, P., Montebelo, I., Gabbard, C. (in press). Effect of the home environment on motor and

cognitive behavior of infants. Infant Behavior and Development.

Caçola, P. & Gabbard, C. (in press). Modulating peripersonal and extrapersonal reach space via

tool use: a comparison between 6- to 12-year-olds and young adults. Experimental Brain Research. (PDF)

Gabbard, C., & Cacola, P. (in press). Age and the ability to mentally represent action. Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior.

Cordova, A., & Gabbard, C. (2012). Children’s use of allocentric cues in visually- and memory-

guided reach space. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 36(1), 1-6. (PDF)

Gabbard, C., Caçola, P. & Bobbio, T. (2012). The ability to mentally represent action may be

associated with low motor ability in children: a preliminary investigation. Child: Care, Health, &

Development. (PDF)

2011

Wondae, K., Buchanan, J., & Gabbard, C. (2011). Constraints on arm selection processes when

reaching: degrees of freedom and joint amplitudes interact to influence limb selection. Journal of

Motor Behavior, 43(5), 403-411. (PDF)

Cacola, P., Santos, D., & Gabbard, C. (2011). Development and application of the affordances in

the home environment for Motor Development – Infant Scale. Pediatrics International,53, 820-825. (PDF)

Cordova, A., & Gabbard, C. (2011). Children’s visual processing of egocentric cues in action

planning for reach. Journal of Cognition and Development, 12(2), 222-238. (PDF)

Gabbard, C., Caçola, P. & Bobbio, T. (2011). Examining age-related movement representations for

sequential (fine-motor) finger movements. Brain and Cognition, 77(3), 459-463. (PDF)

Gabbard, C., & Cacola, P., Cordova, A. (2011). Is there an advanced aging effect on the ability to

mentally represent action? Archives of Geronology & Geriatrics, 53, 206–209. (PDF)

Gabbard, C., & Bobbio, T. (2011). The inability to mentally represent action may be associated

with performance deficits in children with developmental coordination disorder. The

International J. of Neuroscience, 121(3), 113-120. (PDF)

2010

Gabbard, C., Caçola, P., & Lee, S. (2010). Does real physical ability affect judgments of imagined

reach? Journal of Mental Imagery, 34(3 & 4), 13-24. (PDF)

Bobbio, T., Gabbard, C., Goncalves, D., Filho, A., & Morcill, B. (2010). Interlimb coordination differentiates

Brazilian children from two socioeconomic settings. Pediatrics International, 52, 353-357. (PDF)

Gabbard, C. & Caçola, P. (2010). Children with developmental coordination disorder have difficulty

with action representation. Revista de Neurología (Reviews in Neurology), 50(1), 33-38. (PDF)

2009

Bobbio, T., Gabbard, C., Gonçalves, V., & Morcillo Filho, A. (2009). The Relationship between

motor function and cognitive performance in Brazilian first- graders. Revista de Neurología

(Reviews in Neurology), 49(7), 388-9.

Gabbard, C. (2009). Studying action representation in children via motor imagery. Brain and

Cognition, 71(3), 234-239.

Gabbard, C., & Caçola, P. (2009). The role of intentionality in simulated motor actions. Journal of

Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity, 4, Article 4.

Gabbard, C., Caçola, P., & Cordova, A. (2009). Is perceived motor competence a constraint in

children’s action planning (estimating reach)? Journal of Genetic Psychology, 170, 151–158.

Gabbard, C., Caçola, P., & Cordova, A. (2009). Examining psychological constraints in estimating

reach via motor imagery. Journal of Mental Imagery, 33, 45-58.

Gabbard, C., Ammar, D., & Cordova, A. (2009). Testing the distinctiveness of visual imagery and

motor imagery in a reach paradigm. International J. of Neuroscience, 119, 353-365.

Gabbard, C., Cordova, A., & Lee, S. (2009). Do children perceive postural constraints when

estimating reach or action planning? Journal of Motor Behavior, 41, 100-105.

Gabbard, C., Cordova, A., & Lee, S. (2009). A question of intention in motor imagery.

Consciousness and Cognition, 18, 300-305.

2008

Gabbard, C., Caçola, P., & Cordova, A. (2008) "Does general motor imagery ability (via

questionnaire) predict estimation of reachability in children?" Journal of Imagery Research in

Sport and Physical Activity: 3, Article 2.
　

Gabbard, C., & Ammar, D. (2008). The effect of response-delay on estimation reachability.

International J. of Neuroscience, 118, 1502 – 1514.

Gabbard, C., & Cordova, A. (2008). Estimating reach via visual imagery and motor imagery. Journal

of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity, 3, Article 3.

2007

Gabbard, C., Cordova, A., & Ammar, D. (2007). Estimation of reach in peripersonal and

extrapersonal space: A developmental view. Developmental Neuropsychology, 32, 749-

756.

Kim, W., Gabbard, C., Young, R., & Buchanan, J. (2007). Right-hander's reaching in contralateral

hemispace: A kinematic observation. Journal of Motor Behavior, 39, 451-456.

Gabbard, C., Cordova, A., & Lee, S. (2007). Examining the effects of postural constraints on

estimating reach. Journal of Motor Behavior, 29, 242-246.

Gabbard, C., & Ammar, D. (2007). Dose target viewing time influence perceived reachability?

International Journal of Neuroscience, 117, 1331-1339.

Campos, D., Santos, D., Gonclaves, V., Montebelo, M., Goto, M., & Gabbard, C. (2007).

Postural control of small for gestational age infants born at term. Brazilian Journal of

Physical Therapy. 11, 1-6.

Undergraduate Scholar Publications

Blessing A. (2011). Can home environment impact infants' motor development? Explorations, 3,

10-11. The Texas A&M Undergraduate Journal.

Applied Publications

Gabbard, C., & Bobbio, T. (2009). Improving your child's visual-motor integration. Preemies today,

6, 4-5. National Newsletter.

Gabbard, C., Caçola, P., & Rodrigues, L. (2008). A new inventory for assessing affordances in the

home environment for motor development (AHEMD-SR). Early Childhood Education Journal,

36, 5-9.

Gabbard, C., Caçola, P., & Rodrigues, L. (2008). Assessing the home environment for your child's

motor skill development. Pediatrics for parents, 24, 5.

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