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Lateral differences in habituation of ipsilateral head-turning to repeated tactile stimulation in the human newborn
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The transient efficacy of prior midline head restriction for the elimination of lateral differences in both spontaneous head movements and responsiveness to tactile input suggests that behavioral asymmetry is already well-established in the newborn.Abstract:
Lateral differences in habituation of ipsilateral head-turning to repeated tactile perioral stimulation following midline head restriction was studied in 44 full-term neonates. Left-sided stimulation had a significantly greater and faster decremental effect than right-sided stimulation. Even in the absence of tactile stimulation (Control Group), head-turning to the left decreased systematically whereas head-turning to the right did not. The transient efficacy of prior midline head restriction for the elimination of lateral differences in both spontaneous head movements and responsiveness to tactile input suggests that behavioral asymmetry is already well-established in the newborn.read more
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Habituation: Perspectives from child development, animal behavior, and neurophysiology
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Further observations on the newborn scoring system.
V. Apgar,L. S. James +1 more
TL;DR: The present paper summarizes the experience of 8 years between 1952 and 1960 and considers some other applications of the scoring system, based on 5 objective signs: heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color, judged 60 seconds after delivery.
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Conditioned head-turning in human newborns
TL;DR: Three experiments demonstrated learning in human newborns with techniques involving the strengthening of a head-turning response through reinforcement contingencies, and learning was revealed through increased occurrence of the reinforced response, in contrast to habituation of the nonreinforced response.