Learning in Premature Infants

Examined instrumental learning in premature infants by providing 45 infants at 33 weeks conceptual age with either a teddy bear that "breathed" quietly at the infant's respiration rate (BB) or a nonbreathing bear (NBB). Over a two-week period, infants provided with the BB decreased th...

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Published inDevelopmental psychology Vol. 29; no. 4; p. 692
Main Authors Thoman, Evelyn B, Ingersoll, Evan W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.07.1993
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Summary:Examined instrumental learning in premature infants by providing 45 infants at 33 weeks conceptual age with either a teddy bear that "breathed" quietly at the infant's respiration rate (BB) or a nonbreathing bear (NBB). Over a two-week period, infants provided with the BB decreased their latency to contact the bear; infants exposed to the NBB showed the opposite pattern. (MDM)
ISSN:0012-1649
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.29.4.692