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AUTHOR
Daniel Mellier
Emotional expressiveness of 5–6 month-old infants born very premature versus full-term at initial exposure to weaning foods
International audience; Facial expressions of 5-6 month-old infants born preterm and at term were compared while tasting for the first time solid foods (two fruit and two vegetable purees) given by the mother. Videotapes of facial reactions to these foods were objectively coded during the first six successive spoons of each test food using Baby FACS and subjectively rated by naive judges. Infant temperament was also assessed by the parents using the Infant Behaviour Questionnaire. Contrary to our expectations, infants born preterm expressed fewer negative emotions than infants born full-term. Naive judges rated infants born preterm as displaying more liking than their full-term counterparts…
Food diversification in pre-term infants
Food diversification in pre-term infants. 15. european conference on developmental psychology
Le nouveau-né prématuré : un modèle pour l'étude du développement du comportement alimentaire
La naissance prematuree est exemplaire pour comprendre les evenements les plus precoces de la formation des comportements alimentaires. La succession des modes d’alimentation pour subvenir aux besoins nutritifs de l’enfant (alimentation continue ou discontinue ; passive par sonde ou active au sein/biberon ; lait humain ou artificiel ; alimentation par mere ou soignants) ponctue en effet les etapes de la coordination succion-deglutition-respiration et sa capacite a reguler ces evenements. Le contexte particulier des prises alimentaires, peu propice a l’exposition a la variete sensorielle (en particulier chimiosensorielle), croise avec les singularites des pratiques parentales, compose la tra…