Infant Sucking Research Articles

Multisensor nipple for recording oral variables.

ArticleMultisensor nipple for recording oral variables.H S Brenman, L Pierce, R Mackowiak, and M H FriedmanH S Brenman, L Pierce, R Mackowiak, and M H FriedmanPublished Online:01 Apr 1969https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1969.26.4.494MoreSectionsPDF (667 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat Previous Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation Cited ByManagement of the mother-infant nursing coupleScience of bottle feedingThe Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 119, No. 4The Organization and Control of Infant Sucking More from this issue > Volume 26Issue 4April 1969Pages 494-6 https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1969.26.4.494PubMed5775336History Published online 1 April 1969 Published in print 1 April 1969 Metrics

The cardiac self-stimulation hypothesis and nonnutritive sucking in human infants.

The cardiac self-stimulation hypothesis and nonnutritive sucking in human infants.

The effects of acoustic stimulation on cessation and initiation of non-nutritive sucking in neonates

Discrete changes in the human newborn's sucking behavior in response to acoustic stimulation was studied. In order to obtain a sensitive comparison measure for stimulus conditions, control trials were randomly interspersed with stimulus trials. To prevent temporal biasing effects, variable interstimulus intervals were used, and stimuli were presented contingent on the infant's sucking state on each trial. Results from 30 Ss clearly demonstrate the presence of two dichotomous responses: (1) response initiation to the stimulus in the presence of non-sucking; and (2) response cessation to the stimulus in the presence of active-sucking. No differences were found among three groups exposed to qualitatively different stimuli of the same intensity, and there was no evidence of habituation of either response.

Nonnutritive Sucking and Response Thresholds in Young Infants

Nonnutritive Sucking and Response Thresholds in Young Infants

The effects of feeding and tonal stimulation on non-nutritive sucking in the human newborn

This study was designed to examine the potentiality of the infant's sucking response as the dependent variable in the psychophysical study of tone intensity discrimination. One hundred and twenty newborn infants between the ages of 47 and 110 hours were examined in two 3 × 4 factorial designs to determine the interaction of feeding and tonal stimulation on sucking behavior. The hypothesis was that amount of recovery of initial sucking levels after suppression by feeding would be a function of the intensity of tone with which the infant was stimulated. The three amounts of liquid given in Exp. I were zero, 10 and 20 cc of water; in Exp. II, 0, 20, and 40 cc of a 5% dextrose and water solution. Feeding was accomplished between a 4-minute base line period during which sucking pressure records were taken for use as prefeeding rates, and a test period consisting of 20 consecutive minutes of sucking opportunity. During the test period infants received 10 seconds of tonal stimulation each 30 seconds, the four intensity levels being zero, 10, 20, and 30 db above the noise level of the room. Each cell of both 3 × 4 experiments contained 5 Ss. Results showed a direct and immediate decremental effect of amount of liquid consumed on subsequent test sucking rate, this being a function of the initial base line response level. There were no statistical differences between the rates for the no, low, or medium levels of tone stimulation, but the loud did increase responding over time, the effects seeming to cumulate. Incidental findings included small but significant correlations between baseline response rate and both birth weight and age at time of testing. Analysis of startle responses indicated that this may be a more sensitive measure of discriminative ability in the psychophysical study of the newborn.

THE HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: IMPLICATIONS FOR LEARNING PROCESSES AND CRITICAL PERIODS IN EARLY DEVELOPMENT.

As all behavioral scientists know, the child is father of the man, and mounds of data have been collected on the behavioral and neurological changes which occur as the infant sucking his fist becomes the adult who programs computers and peers through microscopes. This paper attempts to correlate behavioral data on the development of learning processes with neurological data on the maturation of the central nervous system, and proposes a model to relate these phenomena to each other.

A method of measuring sucking behavior of newborn infants.

An instrument is described which permits controlled and valid measurements of infant sucking behavior. The apparatus was applied to the investigation of the day-to-day changes of infant sucking within the first week of life. Changes in sucking behavior were found between the second and third days of life and were related to chronological age and not to a learning effect with the sucking instrument.

Sucking and swallowing in infants.

Sucking and swallowing in infants.

Infant Sucking and Tensional Behavior

* Accepted for publication by Arnold Gesell of the Editorial Board, and received in the Editorial Office on March 1, 1938. 1 The study was conducted at the State Farm for Women, Niantic, Conn. The writer is especially grateful to Miss Elizabeth Munger, Superintendent, Miss Elsie Shearer, Assistant Superintendent, and Dr. Helen Ferguson for their interest and support in carrying on the experiment. The writer also acknowledges his indebtedness to Dr. Arnold Gesell for his assistance in the initiation of arrangements for the investigation. Dr. Clark Hull not only gave technical assistance but furnished part of the apparatus. The members of Dr. Hull's informal seminar made suggestions concerning the interpretation of the results.

THUMB SUCKING APPARATUS

The accompanying illustration shows an apparatus for the control of thumb sucking in infants, the mechanism of which is as follows: This splint is made of aluminum wire, 3/16 inch (0.48 cm.) in diameter, according to measurements of the infant's arm, the circumference at the axilla and at the wrist and the length of the arm from the axilla to the wrist. The large loop fits the arm at the axilla. The distal end is fastened around the wrist with a ball and socket chain, such as is used on electric pull chains. The apparatus is cool and durable and can be easily sterilized. The ball and socket chain cannot be easily unfastened by an infant. This is a modification of an apparatus for the control of thumb sucking described in theAmerican Journal of Diseases of Children 1 some time ago. 478 Peachtree Street.