RHYTHMICAL STEREOTYPIES IN NORMAL HUMAN INFANTS
RHYTHMICAL STEREOTYPIES IN NORMAL HUMAN INFANTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-3472(79)90006-x
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
THELEN, E
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作者:
THELEN, E
Naturalistic, longitudinal observations of 20 normal infants biweekly during their 1st yr showed that they performed a great quantity and variety of rhythmical and highly stereotyped behaviors. Movement patterns [47] are described involving the legs and feet; the head and face; the arms, hands and fingers; and the whole torso in various postures. These behaviors showed developmental regularities and constancy of form and distribution. Groups of stereotypies involving particular parts of the body or postures had characteristic ages of onset, peak performance and decline. The onset of particular stereotypy groups was highly correlated with motor development. Rhythmical stereotypies apparently are manifestations of incomplete cortical control of endogenous patterning in maturing neuromuscular pathways.