Systematic Temporal Variation in the Rate of Spontaneous Eye Blinking in Human Infants

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 140-145

  Bacher, Leigh F ^a   Smotherman, William P ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Central dopamine systems; Motivation; Spontaneous eye blinking

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EYELID REFLEX; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; RELIABILITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; BLINKING; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTIVATION; PERIODICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1442276978     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10159     Document Type: Article

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