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Protein deprivation in primates. VIII. Early behavior of progeny
Author(s) -
Riopelle Arthur J.,
Hale Penelope Anne,
Hill Charles W.
Publication year - 1976
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.420090509
Subject(s) - pregnancy , physiology , reflex , affect (linguistics) , body weight , maternal deprivation , developmental psychology , biology , psychology , endocrinology , medicine , communication , genetics
Abstract Infant rhesus monkeys whose mothers were fed diets providing 1, 2, or 4 g protein/kg body weight/day during pregnancy were tested on 13 behavioral tests during their first 60 days of life. (The diets had been shown to affect significantly the weights and blood protein concentrations of both pregnant and nonpregnant females)The tests sampled a wide range of behaviors, including visual and auditory perception, feeding reflexes, and locomotion. Despite the maternal dietary differences, the performances of infants on all tests were comparable in all groups. These data contrast with the finding of persistent deficit in rats born of protein‐deprived mothers.