Newborn Habituation to Visual Stimuli: A Sex Difference in Novelty Detection.

Friedman, Steven; And Others

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Publication Date: 1974

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Newborn Habituation to Visual Stimuli: A Sex Difference in Novelty Detection

Friedman, Steven; And Others

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 18, 2, 242-251, Oct 74

Thirty-six newborn infants were exposed to a visual stimulus until habituation was demonstrated; subjects were then presented with the same target or one of either moderate or large discrepancy from the standard stimulus. Following habituation, female infants displayed greater recovery of attention to moderate stimulus change. (SDH)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attention Span, Infant Behavior, Memory, Neonates, Performance Criteria, Responses, Sex Differences, Visual Stimuli

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