Intermanual Transfer of Shapes in Preterm Human Infants from 33 to 34 + 6 Weeks Postconceptional Age

Autor/inn/en	Lejeune, Fleur; Marcus, Leila; Berne-Audeoud, Frederique; Streri, Arlette; Debillon, Thierry; Gentaz, Edouard
Titel	Intermanual Transfer of Shapes in Preterm Human Infants from 33 to 34 + 6 Weeks Postconceptional Age
Quelle	In: Child Development, 83 (2012) 3, S.794-800 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01753.x
Schlagwörter	Premature Infants; Habituation; Learning Processes; Object Permanence; Visual Discrimination; Tactual Perception; Psychomotor Skills; Brain; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühgeburt; Learning process; Lernprozess; Objektpermanenz; Taktile Wahrnehmung; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Gehirn; Kognitive Entwicklung; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	This study investigated the ability of preterm infants to learn an object shape with one hand and discriminate a new shape in the opposite hand (without visual control). Twenty-four preterm infants between 33 and 34 + 6 gestational weeks received a tactile habituation task with either their right or left hand followed by a tactile discrimination task in the opposite hand. The results confirmed that habituation occurred for both shapes and both hands. Infants subsequently held the novel shape longer in the opposite hand. The results reveal that preterm infants are capable of intermanual transfer of shape information. In spite of the immaturity of the corpus callosum in preterm infants, its development seems to be sufficient to allow some transfer of information between both hands. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10