Neonatal sucking: Effects of quantity of the response-contingent fluid upon sucking rhythm and heart rate |
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Authors: | CK Crook |
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Institution: | 1. Brown University USA;2. Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island USA |
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Abstract: | The temporal organization of neonatal nutritive sucking and heart rate were studied in two consecutive 4-min periods to analyze the effects of two quantities of response-contingent fluid. One group of newborns experienced only the larger amount, a second experienced the smaller, and two other groups experienced both in counterbalanced order. Cumulative pausing time and intersuck intervals (sucking rate within bursts) were both affected by the amount of fluid delivered at each response. At the start of sucking bursts, heart rate accelerated to a stable level. Within-burst heart rates were higher with increased quantity of contingently delivered fluid. The results are discussed in relation to the distinction between nutritive and nonnutritive sucking and to previous findings on the effects of fluid sweetness upon sucking. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be addressed to the author who is now at the Department of Psychology Strathclyde University Glasgow Scotland |
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