Journal article
A failure to observe habituation in the human neonate
Infant behavior & development, v 11(3), pp 297-304
01 Jul 1988
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Abstract
Fifteen 1-day-old infants and 15 adults each received a sequence of 150 eyeblink-eliciting taps to the glabella (the flattened region of skin between the eyebrows). For all subjects, taps occurred every 4 s, an interval that was expected to produce a large decrement in response amplitude as trials progressed. Although the adults exhibited this habituation effect, the infants failed to do so: their responses at the end of the tap sequence were as large as at the beginning. Similar differences in the habituation of a startle reflex in immature versus older rats and in the habituation of the gill withdrawal reflex in immature versus older sea slugs (Aplysia) have recently been reported.
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- Title
- A failure to observe habituation in the human neonate
- Creators
- Michelle E. CohenHoward S. HoffmanNancy E. KelleyEndla K. Anday - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Infant behavior & development, v 11(3), pp 297-304
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1988R213600004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0024214416
- Other Identifier
- 991021463696904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental