The aim of the present study is to review the existing literature on Nonnutritive Sucking (NNS ) as a tool for investigating neonatal capabilities. Three research areas where NNS was utilized with newborn and infants are considered: regulation of states, visual scanning, attentional processes. In the light of new reported data concerning the relation between NNS and processing of visual and acoustic information at birth, a comprehensive interpretative framework is presented to explain the apparently contradictory results emerging from the three outlined research fields.
MACCHI CASSIA, V., Simion, F. (1997). La suzione non nutritiva: uno strumento per lo studio delle competenze neonatali. GIORNALE ITALIANO DI PSICOLOGIA, 4, 767-791.
La suzione non nutritiva: uno strumento per lo studio delle competenze neonatali
MACCHI CASSIA, VIOLA MARINA;
1997
Abstract
The aim of the present study is to review the existing literature on Nonnutritive Sucking (NNS ) as a tool for investigating neonatal capabilities. Three research areas where NNS was utilized with newborn and infants are considered: regulation of states, visual scanning, attentional processes. In the light of new reported data concerning the relation between NNS and processing of visual and acoustic information at birth, a comprehensive interpretative framework is presented to explain the apparently contradictory results emerging from the three outlined research fields.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.