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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SENSORY STIMULATION AND STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOUR IN SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED AND AUTISTIC CHILDREN
Author(s) -
And ELIZABETH GOODALL,
CORBETT J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1982.tb00143.x
Subject(s) - mentally retarded , psychology , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , developmental psychology
The reinforcing properties of four sensory stimuli (continuous and flashing light, vibration and sound) which were under the subject's control, were examined and the effect on stereotyped behaviour observed. The subjects were 24 severely retarded children in three diagnostic groups; Down's, Rubella and a group which included neither of these diagnoses. Duration of stimulation with continuous light was significantly lower than the other three stimuli, but there were no differential effects on stereotypy, nor diagnostic group differences.