Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7272853 | Infant Behavior and Development | 2018 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Results reveal that newborns can memorize specific features that differentiate prism and cylinder shapes by touch, and discriminate between them, but surprisingly they did not show evidence of recognizing them after interference. As no significant effect of the temperature condition was observed in habituation, discrimination and recognition abilities, these findings suggest that discrimination abilities in newborns may be determined by the detection of shape differences. Overall, it seems that the ontogenesis of haptic recognition memory is not linear. The developmental schedule is likely crucial for haptic development between 34 and 40â¯GW.
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Authors
Fleur Lejeune, Cristina Borradori Tolsa, Edouard Gentaz, Koviljka Barisnikov,