Non-Contingent Stimulation: Effects of Stimulus Movement on Infants' Visual and Motor Behavior
- 1 February 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 38 (1) , 331-336
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1974.38.1.331
Abstract
The present study was an initial attempt to investigate the effects of non-contingent periodic and aperiodic stimulation on the sensory-motor behavior of 10-wk.-old infants. Results indicated that visual stimulation presented aperiodically (on a random schedule) in contrast to the same stimulation presented periodically (on a fixed time schedule) produced decreased motor activity, heightened visual attention, and a greater number of smiles.Keywords
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