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Diminished Reactivity of Postmature Human Infants to Sucrose Compared with Term Infants.
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Smith, Barbara A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1992
This study of healthy 39-week-old infants, so-called term infants, and chronically stressed 42-week-old infants, so-called postmature infants, showed that sucrose was extremely effective in calming term infants but less effective in calming postmature infants. Results supported the hypothesis that sucrose engages an opioid system in infants. (BG)
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Crying, Experimental Psychology
Differential Effects of Sucrose, Fructose, Glucose, and Lactose on Crying in 1- to 3-Day-Old Human Infants: Qualitative and Quantitative Considerations.
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Blass, Elliott M.; Smith, Barbara A. – Developmental Psychology, 1992
The potency of different sugars as calming agents in human infants was investigated in 2 experiments with 40 infants. Sucrose and fructose were equally effective calming agents, whereas glucose was less effective. Results indicate that the calming effects of milk lie in components other than its sugar. (LB)
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Crying, Experimental Psychology