Sensorimotor and Motivational Determinants of Hand-Mouth Coordination in One-Three-Day-Old Human Infants.

Blass, Elliott M.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1989

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Sensorimotor and Motivational Determinants of Hand-Mouth Coordination in One-Three-Day-Old Human Infants.

Blass, Elliott M.; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v25 n6 p963-75 Nov 1989

Studied hand-mouth coordination in 40 infants of 1-3 days. Sucrose solution was delivered intraorally every 2 minutes. Results provide evidence for sucrose as a calming agent and for a coordinative behavorial system that integrates hand-mouth activity in supine human infants. (RJC)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Infant Behavior, Motivation, Motor Development, Neonates

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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