Visual alertness in neonates as evoked by maternal care

Korner, Anneliese F.; Thoman, Evelyn B.

doi:10.1016/0022-0965(70)90045-7

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“…This olfactory-visual interaction is revealed first by longer cumulative duration of eye opening in odorous breast trials. Such an effect may be explained either by the facts (1) that odors in general may be moderately arousing and hence stimulate all-purpose sensory, including visual, seeking activity (as indicated by research in adults; e.g., Gould & Martin, 2001;Ilmberger et al, 2001;Lorig et al, 1991;Spence et al, 2001), (2) that given odors are already associated with expectancies for visual/auditory/tactile reinforcements, hence triggering multimodal intake of information (e.g., Korner & Thoman, 1970), or (3) that breast odor is part of a whole activity pattern recruiting vision and touch to boost the localization of a nipple. This latter point is backed by the second aspect of olfacto-visual interaction observed here, namely that being exposed to breast odor with open eyes leads to improved oral activity in calm-to-active infants.…”

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The “smellscape” of mother's breast: Effects of odor masking and selective unmasking on neonatal arousal, oral, and visual responses

Doucet

Soussignan

Sagot

et al. 2007

Developmental Psychobiology

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Lactating women emit odor cues that release activity in newborns. Such cues may be carried in various substrates, including milk or areolar secretions. The present study aimed to examine the responses of infants facing their mother's breast and to sort out the source(s) of active volatile compounds emitted by the lactating breast. Infants (aged 3-4 days) were presented their mother's breast in two consecutive trials of 90 s each: a scentless condition (breast entirely covered with a transparent film) paired with one of four odorous conditions (fully exposed breast: n ¼ 15; nipple only exposed: 15; areola only exposed: 13; and milk exposed: 12). The infants were more orally activated when facing any of the odorous breast conditions than when facing the scentless breast. They cried earlier and longer, and opened their eyes less, when facing the scentless breast. Nipple, Areola, and Milk odors appeared to be equivalent to the whole breast odor in stimulating oral activity and in delaying crying onset. This study shows that volatile compounds originating in areolar secretions or milk release mouthing, stimulate eye opening, and delay and reduce crying in newborns.

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The “smellscape” of mother's breast: Effects of odor masking and selective unmasking on neonatal arousal, oral, and visual responses

Doucet

Soussignan

Sagot

et al. 2007

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…For example, vestibular and tactile stimulation typically induces visual alertness in human newborns (Becker et al 1993, Korner & Grobstein 1966, Korner & Thoman 1970. Structures in the ascending noradrenergic pathway are involved in the processing of vestibular input (Nishiike et al 1997, Pompeiano et al 1991, Schuerger & Balaban 1999, and so it seems possible that stimulation involved in common caregiving activities (picking up or rocking the infant) may produce changes in norepinephrine in any number of higher-order brain areas.…”

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The Development of Visual Attention in Infancy

Colombo

2001

Annu. Rev. Psychol.

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Over the past decade, the study of attention in infancy has seen dramatic progress. This review delineates four attentional functions (alertness, spatial orienting, attention to object features, and endogenous attention) that are relevant to infancy and uses these functions as a framework for summarizing the developmental course of attention in infancy. Rudimentary forms of various attentional functions are present at birth, but each of the functions exhibits different and apparently dissociable periods of postnatal change during the first years of life. The role of attention in development should therefore be considered in the context of interaction among different systems at different levels of maturity during the first years of life.

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“…Based on the mothers' reports, for Ganda babies Ainsworth (1967) also reported precocious prehension, manipulation, language, and social behaviour. In addition, effects of the vertical motor stimulation on goal directedness, object permanence, indices of mental development and visual exploration have been reported (Yarrow, Pedersen, & Rubenstein, 1977;Korner & Thoman, 1970;White, Castle, & Held, 1964).…”

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