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Alegria, J.; Noirot, E. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1978
Investigates the effect of a recorded male human voice on neonate head, eye, mouth and crying behaviors. Vocal Stimulation enhanced head movement, eye opening, mouthing and crying and influenced hand sucking. Differences between breast fed and bottle fed babies were found for mouth orientation, hand sucking and crying. (RH)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Eye Movements, Infant Behavior, Neonates

Hallock, Martha B.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1989
Reports comparisons of behaviors of nine chimpanzee and nine human newborns on a standardized human neonatal assessment scale at the ages of three days and one month. Human infants scored higher than chimpanzee infants on the orientation cluster at both ages, but were lower than chimpanzee infants in motoric maturity. (RJC)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis, Infant Behavior

Scholz, Kim; Samuels, Curtis A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Examined the effect on father-infant relationships of a parent training program on infant massage and bathing. Infants in the treatment group greeted fathers with more eye contact, smiles, vocalizing, reaching, and orienting responses and showed less avoidance behavior than did control group infants. Fathers in the treatment group showed greater…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior

Lipsitt, Lewis P. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1979
Reviews studies of infant behavior and development. Delineates a behavioral hypothesis relating prenatal and neonatal risk factors in infancy to crib death. The mutual dependence of experience and neurostructural development suggests that infancy is a period of critical learning experiences. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Experiential Learning, Infant Behavior