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ERIC Number: EJ453423
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Diminished Reactivity of Postmature Human Infants to Sucrose Compared with Term Infants.
Smith, Barbara A.; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v28 n5 p811-20 Sep 1992
This study of healthy 39-week-old infants, so-called term infants, and chronically stressed 42-week-old infants, so-called postmature infants, showed that sucrose was extremely effective in calming term infants but less effective in calming postmature infants. Results supported the hypothesis that sucrose engages an opioid system in infants. (BG)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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