Non-Contingent Stimulation: Effects of Stimulus Movement On Infants' Visual and Motor Behavior

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1974

Journal / Book Title

Perceptual and motor skills

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.

DOI

10.2466/pms.1974.38.1.331

Published Citation

Vietze, P., Friedman, S., & Foster, M. (1974). Non-contingent stimulation: Effects of stimulus movement on infants' visual and motor behavior. Perceptual and motor skills, 38(1), 331-336.

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