Massage enhances recovery from habituation in normal infants

被引：15

作者：

Cigales, M

Field, T

Lundy, B

Cuadra, A

Hart, S

机构：

[1] Touch Research Institute, Univ. of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Miami, FL 33101

来源：

INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT | 1997年 / 20卷 / 01期

关键词：

massage therapy; habituation; infants; cognition;

D O I：

10.1016/S0163-6383(97)90058-8

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 [发展与教育心理学];

摘要：

Research shows that touch stimulation can positively affect physiological, behavioral, and social development among infants. However, empirical evidence of the effects of touch on infants' cognitive performance is lacking. In this study, 56 4-month-olds were given either 8 minutes of massage, play, or no stimulation prior to an audiovisual habituation task. Infants who received massage showed response recovery from habituation during test trials, whereas those in the other two conditions did not.

引用

页码：29 / 34

页数：6

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