- Email: [email protected]
Sucking: A critical measure and intervention for infant development
13
SUCKING ACRITICALMEASURE AND INTERVENTION FOR INFANT DEVELOPMENT Tiffany Field University of Miami School of Medicine P.O. Box 016820 (D-820) Miami, FL 33101 Lew Lipsitt stimulated a significant body of infancy research with his seminal studies on sucking. Examples from many researchers include: 1) the use of sucking as one of the primary measures of fetal and newborn perceptions, preferences and learning; 2) the confounding of other newborn measures such as heart rate by the use of sucking; 3) its use in the determination of infants’ hedonic preferences; 4) its role as a basic rest activity cycle rhythm; 5) its use as an analgesic during painful procedures and as a nonopioid system of pain reliec 6) its role in facilitating food absorption hormone release and weight gain in preterrn infants, and other very important contributions to the development of infants.
SUCKING ACRITICALMEASURE AND INTERVENTION FOR INFANT DEVELOPMENT Tiffany Field University of Miami School of Medicine P.O. Box 016820 (D-820) Miami, FL 33101 Lew Lipsitt stimulated a significant body of infancy research with his seminal studies on sucking. Examples from many researchers include: 1) the use of sucking as one of the primary measures of fetal and newborn perceptions, preferences and learning; 2) the confounding of other newborn measures such as heart rate by the use of sucking; 3) its use in the determination of infants’ hedonic preferences; 4) its role as a basic rest activity cycle rhythm; 5) its use as an analgesic during painful procedures and as a nonopioid system of pain reliec 6) its role in facilitating food absorption hormone release and weight gain in preterrn infants, and other very important contributions to the development of infants.