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The effects of neonatal tactile stimulation on adult emotional reactivity in BALB/c mice
Author(s) -
LaBarba Richard C.,
Fernandez Betty,
White Jerry L.,
Stewart Allan
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420070503
Subject(s) - emotionality , stimulation , reactivity (psychology) , psychology , sensory stimulation therapy , intensity (physics) , developmental psychology , neuroscience , medicine , pathology , physics , alternative medicine , quantum mechanics
The authors attempted to isolate tactile stimulation as a major independent variable treatment and to investigate the effects of 2 levels of neonatal tactile stimulation on the ontogenesis of emotional reactivity in BALB/c mice. The findings of this study strongly indicate differential reactivity as a function of intensity of tactile stimulation, with moderate levels of intensity producing the lowest levels of emotionality and the highest levels producing the highest emotionality.