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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-12-22
pubmed:abstractText
The present study investigated intersensory interaction between auditory and visual stimulation in newborn infants. Stimulation in 1 modality may influence the response to stimulation in a second modality by changing the infant's state of arousal. To test this possibility, newborns' visual preferences for light patches of different intensity were examined following auditory stimulation. Visual preferences in infants not previously exposed to sound described an inverted U, indicating a preference for the light of intermediate intensity. In contrast, infants who were first exposed to sound preferred the light or lowest intensity. The results indicate that newborns attend to quantitative variations in stimulation and that these variations reflect both the objective stimulus intensity and organismic factors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0009-3920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
827-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Intersensory interaction in newborns: modification of visual preferences following exposure to sound.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.