Early Development of Preterm and Full-Term Infants: Exploratory Behavior in Eight-Month-Olds.

Sigman, Marian

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Publication Date: 1976

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Early Development of Preterm and Full-Term Infants: Exploratory Behavior in Eight-Month-Olds

Sigman, Marian

Child Development, 47, 3, 606-612, Sep 76

Preference for novelty, as measured with an exploratory behavior paradigm, was compared in 8-month-old full-term and preterm infants of matched conceptional age. Subjects were 64 infants, 32 full term and 32 preterm, with 16 males and 16 females in each group. (Author/JH)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Infant Behavior, Infants, Premature Infants, Sex Differences

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