Kretch, K. S. & Franchak, J. M. (in press). Visual exploration and locomotion. In S. C. Johnson (Ed.), Handbook of Perceptual Development. Oxford University Press.
Kretch, K. S., Dusing, S. C., Harbourne, R. T., Hsu, L., Sargent, B. A., & Willett, S. L. (2024). Early mobility and crawling: Beliefs and practices of pediatric physical therapists in the United States. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 36, 9-17.
Kretch, K. S., Koziol, N. A., Marcinowski, E. C., Hsu, L., Harbourne, R. T, Lobo, M. A., McCoy, S. W., Willett, S. L., & Dusing, S. C. (2023). Sitting capacity and performance in infants with typical development and infants with motor delay. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 1–16.
Koziol, N. A., Kretch, K. S., Harbourne, R. T, Lobo, M. A., McCoy, S. W., Molinini, R. M., Hsu, L., Babik, I., Cunha, A. B., Willett, S. L., Bovaird, J. A., Dusing, S. C. (2023). START-Play physical therapy intervention indirectly impacts cognition through changes in early motor-based problem-solving skills. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 35, 293–302.
Kretch, K. S., Marcinowski, E. C., Hsu, L., Koziol, N. A., Harbourne, R. T., Lobo, M. A., & Dusing, S. C. (2023). Opportunities for learning and social interaction in infant sitting: Effects of sitting support, sitting skill, and gross motor delay. Developmental Science, 26(3), e13318.
Kretch, K. S., Willett, S. L., Hsu, L., Sargent, B. A., Harbourne, R. T., & Dusing, S. C. (2022). “Learn the Signs. Act Early.”: Updates and implications for physical therapists. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 34, 440-448.
Dusing, S. C., Harbourne, R. T., Hsu, L., Koziol, N. A., Kretch, K. S., Sargent, B., Jensen-Willett, S., McCoy, S. W., Vanderbilt, D. L. (2022). The SIT-PT trial protocol: A dose-matched randomized clinical trial comparing 2 physical therapist interventions for infants and toddlers with cerebral palsy. PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal, 102, pzac039.
Koziol, N. A., Butera, C. D., Kretch, K. S., Harbourne, R. T., Lobo, M. A., McCoy, S. W., Hsu, L., Willett, S., Kane, A. E., Bovaird, J. A., & Dusing, S. C. (2022). Effect of the START-Play physical therapy intervention on cognitive skills depends on caregiver-provided learning opportunities. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 42, 510-525.
Kretch, K. S., Koziol, N. A., Marcinowski, E. C., Kane, A. E., Inamdar, K., Brown, E. D., Bovaird, J. A., Harbourne, R. T., Hsu, L., Lobo, M. A., & Dusing, S. C. (2022). Infant posture and caregiver-provided cognitive opportunities in typically developing infants and infants with motor delay. Developmental Psychobiology, 64, e22233.
Adolph, K. E., Kaplan, B. E., & Kretch, K. S. (2021). Infants on the edge: Beyond the visual cliff. In A. Slater & P. Quinn (Eds.), Developmental psychology: Revisiting the classic studies, 2nd ed. London: SAGE Publications.
Kim, A., Kretch, K. S., Zhou, Z., & Finley, J. M. (2018). The quality of visual information about the lower extremities influences visuomotor coordination during virtual obstacle negotiation. Journal of Neurophysiology, 120, 839-847.
Franchak, J. M., Kretch, K. S., & Adolph, K. E. (2018). See and be seen: Infant-caregiver social looking during locomotor free play. Developmental Science, 21, e12626.
Kim, A., Zhou, Z., Kretch, K. S., & Finley, J. M. (2017). Manipulating the fidelity of lower extremity visual feedback to identify obstacle negotiation strategies in immersive virtual reality. Proceedings of the International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society.
Kretch, K. S. & Adolph, K. E. (2017). The organization of exploratory behaviors in infant locomotor planning. Developmental Science, 20.
Kretch, K. S. & Adolph, K. E. (2015). Active vision in passive locomotion: Real-world free viewing in infants and adults. Developmental Science, 18, 736-750.
Adolph, K. E. & Kretch, K. S. (2015). Gibson’s theory of perceptual learning. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed. Vol. 10, pp. 127-134). New York: Elsevier.
Kretch, K. S., Franchak, J. M.,& Adolph, K. E. (2014). Crawling and walking infants see the world differently. Child Development, 85, 1503-1518.
Adolph, K. E., Kretch, K. S., & LoBue, V. (2014). Fear of heights in infants? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23, 60-66.
Kretch, K. S. & Adolph, K. E. (2013). No bridge too high: Infants decide whether to cross based on the probability of falling not the severity of the potential fall. Developmental Science, 16, 336-351.
Kretch, K. S. & Adolph, K. E. (2013). Cliff or step? Posture-specific learning at the edge of a drop-off. Child Development, 84, 226-240.
Raudies, F., Gilmore, R. O., Kretch, K. S., Franchak, J. M., & Adolph, K. E. (2012). Understanding the development of motion processing by characterizing optic flow experienced by infants and their mothers. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Development and Learning.
Adolph, K. E. & Kretch, K. S. (2012). Infants on the edge: Beyond the visual cliff. In A. Slater and P. Quinn (Eds.), Developmental psychology: Revisiting the classic studies. London: SAGE Publications.
Franchak, J. M., Kretch, K. S., Soska, K. C., & Adolph, K. E. (2011). Head-mounted eye-tracking: A new method to describe infant looking. Child Development, 82, 1738-1750.
Franchak, J. M., Kretch, K. S., Soska, K. C., Babcock, J. S., & Adolph, K. E. (2010). Head-mounted eye-tracking of infants’ natural interactions: A new method. Proceedings of the 2010 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications, Austin, Texas.