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ERIC Number: EJ251351
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jun
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The Developmental Course of Behavioral States in Preterm Infants: A Descriptive Study.
Aylward, Glen P.
Child Development, v52 n2 p564-68 Jun 1981
Describes longitudinal changes in premature infants' behaviors after various forms of stimulation were given during a standardized neurological examination. Regardless of conceptional age, arousal level increased as the examination progressed. Conceptional age influenced rapidity of change from lower to higher states of arousal and determined the highest state reached. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Change, Blacks, Infant Behavior, Longitudinal Studies, Neurology, Premature Infants, Stimulation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Prechtl Beintema Neurological Examination