Amy Needham

Amy Needham

Vanderbilt University

H-index: 31

North America-United States

About Amy Needham

Amy Needham, With an exceptional h-index of 31 and a recent h-index of 18 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Vanderbilt University, specializes in the field of Perceptual-Motor Learning, Tool Use, Infancy, Down Syndrome.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Case report: An evaluation of early motor skills in an infant later diagnosed with autism

Infant placement and language exposure in daily life

Exploring Connections between Maternal Speech and Infants' Use of Fine Motor Skills

Infants exploring objects: a cascades perspective

Performance during object retrieval tasks in young children with and without Down syndrome: A pilot study

How babies use their hands to learn about objects: Exploration, reach‐to‐grasp, manipulation, and tool use

Infant precursors of executive function in Down syndrome

Temperament & Object Exploration

Amy Needham Information

University

Position

Peabody College

Citations(all)

5073

Citations(since 2020)

1300

Cited By

4189

hIndex(all)

31

hIndex(since 2020)

18

i10Index(all)

50

i10Index(since 2020)

28

Email

University Profile Page

Vanderbilt University

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Amy Needham Skills & Research Interests

Perceptual-Motor Learning

Tool Use

Infancy

Down Syndrome

Top articles of Amy Needham

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Case report: An evaluation of early motor skills in an infant later diagnosed with autism

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Lauren G Malachowski

Margaret-Anne Huntley

Amy Work Needham

2023/6/19

Infant placement and language exposure in daily life

Infant and Child Development

Lauren G Malachowski

Virginia C Salo

Amy Work Needham

Kathryn L Humphreys

2023/5

Exploring Connections between Maternal Speech and Infants' Use of Fine Motor Skills

Maggie McGowan

Amy Needham

2023

Infants exploring objects: a cascades perspective

Lauren G Malachowski

Amy Work Needham

2023/1/1

Performance during object retrieval tasks in young children with and without Down syndrome: A pilot study

Infant and Child Development

Maninderjit Kaur

Amy Work Needham

2023/12/25

How babies use their hands to learn about objects: Exploration, reach‐to‐grasp, manipulation, and tool use

Amy Work Needham

Eliza L Nelson

2023/11

Infant precursors of executive function in Down syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

EK Schworer

Deborah J Fidler

Maninderjit Kaur

AW Needham

Mark A Prince

...

2022/1

Temperament & Object Exploration

Lauren Malachowski

Kathryn Humphreys

Amy Needham

2022/5/15

Learning from sticky mittens: Commentary on van den Berg and gredeback (2020)

Developmental science

Amy Work Needham

2021/7

Feasibility of a syndrome‐informed micro‐intervention for infants with Down syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

DJ Fidler

EK Schworer

A Needham

MA Prince

L Patel

...

2021/4

The emergence of fine motor skills in children with Down syndrome

Amy Work Needham

Eliza L Nelson

Aunnika D Short

Lisa A Daunhauer

Deborah J Fidler

2021/1/1

Twelve‐Month‐Old Infants Respond to Speech About Absent Inaccessible Objects

Child development

Maria A Osina

Amy W Needham

Megan M Saylor

2020/7

Unconventional tool use in infants: Using a familiar tool in a novel way in the second year of life

Cognitive Development

Maninderjit Kaur

Ashley Detherage

Amy Work Needham

2020/4/1

Kinematic and somatosensory gains in infants with cerebral palsy after a multi-component upper-extremity intervention: a randomized controlled trial

Brain Topography

Nathalie L Maitre

Arnaud Jeanvoine

Paul J Yoder

Alexandra P Key

James C Slaughter

...

2020/11

Goal‐directed action planning in infants with Down syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

EK Schworer

DJ Fidler

M Kaur

AW Needham

MA Prince

...

2020/9

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Co-Authors

H-index: 81
Renée Baillargeon

Renée Baillargeon

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

H-index: 78
Scott Huettel

Scott Huettel

Duke University

H-index: 73
Robert Goldstone

Robert Goldstone

Indiana University Bloomington

H-index: 61
Amanda Woodward

Amanda Woodward

University of Chicago

H-index: 41
Deborah Fidler

Deborah Fidler

Colorado State University

H-index: 36
Jessica Cantlon

Jessica Cantlon

Carnegie Mellon University

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