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Heart Rate Response to an Auditory Stimulus in Premature Infants
Author(s) -
Berkson Gershon,
Wasserman Gail A.,
Behrman Richard E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1974.tb00844.x
Subject(s) - psychology , stimulus (psychology) , audiology , heart rate , buzzer , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , medicine , materials science , blood pressure , composite material , alarm
High‐ and low‐risk premature babies were presented with a 3‐sec, 86 dB buzzer stimulus at various birth and gestation ages. Their heart rate typically accelerated at all ages and in both risk conditions.