PSY290H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nonverbal Communication, Visual Acuity, Sound
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Keep your eyes on rop and nserac usra. Interpretation of sensations in order to make them meaningful: some species are sensitive to perceptual information out arrange, other spe(cid:272)ies pi(cid:272)k types of i(cid:374)fo that hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s do(cid:374)"t pi(cid:272)k up, human perception changes throughout the lifespan. Touch: fetuses and newborns display reflective behaviour in response to tactile stimulation, premature infants benefit from massage, newborns tend to be alert/active when a bit cool and sleepy/relaxed when a bit warm, newborns display distress response in discomfort. Taddeo et al (1997: males infant memory of circumcision, dv: response to vaccination 4-6 months. Iv: was infant circumcised without anesthetic: result :infants circumcised without anesthetic displayed more immense pain, they studied infants that were already circumisized. Olfaction: fetus are able to experience smell sensation around 28 weeks of gestation, mothers diet during pregnancy shapes postnatal smell preferences, at birth, prefer smell of own amniotic fluid. 12-18 day infants were presented mothers under pit pads.
