The supine position of postnatal human infants: Implications for the development of cognitive intelligence

Interaction Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-268

  Takeshita, Hideko ^a   Myowa Yamakoshi, Masako ^b   Hirata, Satoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Fetus; Humans; Neonate; Supine position

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349309176     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.10.2.08tak     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Bard, K. A. (1995). Parenting in primates. In M. Bornstein (Ed.) Handbook of Parenting: Vol II Ecology and biology of parenting (pp. 27-58). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
2. Bard, K. A., Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., Tomonaga, M., Tanaka, M., Costall, A., & Matsuzawa, T. (2005). Group differences in the mutual gaze of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Developmental Psychology. 41, 616-624.
3. Bogin, B. (1999). Patterns of human growth (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
4. Deacon, T. (1990). Problems of ontogeny and phylogeny in brain-size evolution. International Journal of Primatology. 11, 193-236.
5. Fairbanks, L. A. (1988). Vervet monkey grandmothers: Effects on mother-infant relationships. Behavior. 104, 176-188.
6. Falk, D. (2004). Prelinguistic evolution in early hominins: Whence motherese? Behavioral and Barin Sciences. 27, 491-541.
7. Goodall, J. (1986). The chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of behavior. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Publishing.
8. Greenspan, S. I., & Shanker, S. G. (2004). The first idea: How symbols, language, and intelligence evolved from our primate ancestors to modern humans. Cambridge: Da Capo Press.
9. Hawkes, K., O'Connell, J. F., Blurton Jones, N.G., Alvarez, H., & Charnov, E. L. (1998). Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 95, 1336-1339.
10. Hirata, S. (2008). Development of chimpanzee fetuses: Comparative developmental psychology for primates, 94. Hattatsu. 116, 104-112. (in Japanese)
11. Hofman, M. A. (1983). Evolution of brain size in neonatal and adult placental mammals: A theoretical approach. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 105, 317-332.
12. Itakura, S., Izumi, A., Myowa, M., Tomonaga, M., Tanaka, M., & Matsuzawa, T. (2002). Sense of self in baby chimpanzees. Conference Poster of 2nd International Workshop of Epigenetic Robotics (Edinburgh).
13. Kiwede, Z. T. (2000). A live birth by a primiparous female chimpanzee at the Budongo Forest. Pan Africa News. 7, 23-25.
14. Kurjak, A., Stanojevic, M., Andonotopo, W., Scazzocchio-Duenas, E., Azumendi, G., & Carrera, J. M. (2005). Fetal behavior assessed in all three trimesters of normal pregnancy by fourdimensional ultrasonography. Croatian Medical Journal. 46, 772-780.
15. Kuzawa, C. W. (1998). Adipose tissue in human infancy and childhood: An evolutionary perspective. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 41, 177-209.
16. Lavelli, M., & Fogel, A. (2002). Developmental change in mother-infant face-to-face communication: Birth to 3 months. Developmental Psychology. 38, 288-305.
17. Leutenegger, W. (1976). Allometory of neonatal size in eutherian mammals. Nature. 263, 229-230.
18. Matsuzawa, T. (2001). Primate foundations of human intelligence: A view of tool use in nonhuman primates and fossil hominids. In T. Matsuzawa (Ed.), Primate origins of human cognition and behavior (pp 3-25). Tokyo: Springer.
19. Matsuzawa, T. (2006). Evolutionary origins of the human-mother relationship. In T. Matsuzawa, M. Tomonaga, & M. Tanaka. (Eds.), Cognitive development in chimpanzees (pp 127-141). Tokyo: Springer.
20. Matsuzawa, T. (2007). Comparative cognitive development. Developmental Science. 10, 97-103.
21. Matsuzawa, M., Tomonaga, M., & Tanaka, M. (2006). Cognitive development in chimpanzees. Tokyo: Springer.
22. Mizuno, Y., Takeshita, H., & Matsuzawa, T. (2006). Behavior of infant chimpanzees during the night in the first four months of life: Neonatal smiling and sucking in relation to arousal levels. Infancy. 9, 215-234.
23. Myowa-Yamakoshi, M. (2005) Body and mind which emerge in the womb: Comparative developmental psychology for primates, 81. Hattatsu. 103, 104-112. (in Japanese)
24. Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., & Takeshita, H. (2006). Do human fetuses anticipate self-oriented actions? A study by four-dimensional (4D) ultrasonography. Infancy. 10, 289-301.
25. Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., Tomonaga, M., Tanaka, M. & Matsuzawa, T. (2003). Preference for human direct gaze in infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Cognition. 89, 113-124.
26. Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., Tomonaga, M., Tanaka, M., & Matsuzawa, T. (2004). Imitation in neonatal chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Developmental Science. 7, 437-442.
27. Neisser, U. (1995). Criteria for an ecological self. In P. Rochat (Ed.), The self in infancy: Theory and research. Advances in psychology 112 (pp 17-34). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.
28. Parker, S. T., & McKinney, M. L. (1999). Origins of intelligence: The evolution of cognitive development in monkeys, apes, and humans. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
29. Pawlowski, B. (1998). Why are human newborns so big and fat? Human Evolution. 13, 65-72.
30. Plooij, F. X. (1984). The behavioral development of free-living chimpanzee babies and infants. Norwood: Ablex Publishing.
31. Prechtl, H. F. R., & Hopkins, B. (1986). Developmental transformations of spontaneous movements in early infancy. Early Human Development. 4, 233-238.
32. Rochat, P. (2001). The infant world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
33. Rochat, P., & Hespos, S. J. (1997). Differential rooting response by neonates: Evidence for an early sense of self. Early Development and Parenting. 6, 105-112.
34. Rosenberg, K., & Travathan, W. (1995). Bipedalism and human birth: The obstetrical dilemma revisited. Evolutionary Anthropology. 4, 161-168.
35. Ross, C. (2001). Park or ride? Evolution of infant carrying in Primates. International Journal of Primatology. 22, 749-771.
36. Smith, B. H., Crummet, T. L., & Brandt, K. L. (1994). Age of eruption of primate teeth: A compendium for aging individuals and comparing life histories. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 37, 177-231.
37. Taga, G., Takaya, R., & Konishi, Y. (1999). Analysis of general movements of infants towards understanding of developmental principle for motor control. Proceedings of 1999 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics. V678-683.
38. Takaya, R., Taga, G, & Konishi, I., Takeshita, H., Mizuno, Y., Itakura, S., Tomonaga, M., & Matsuzawa, T. (2002). Comparative study of spontaneous movement of human and chimpanzee infants in the first few months of life. Conference Poster of 13th International Conference on Infant Studies (Tront).
39. Taksehita, H., Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., & Hirata, S. (2006). A new comparative perspective on prenatal motor behaviors: Preliminary research with four-dimensional utltrasonography. In T. Matsuzawa, M. Tomonaga, & M. Tanaka. (Eds.), Cognitive development in chimpanzees (pp 37-47). Tokyo: Springer.
40. Takeshita, H. (1999). Early development of human mind and language: Comparative studies of behavioral development in primates. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. (in Japanese)
41. Takeshita, H., Tanaka, M., & Matsuzawa, T. (1989). Development of postural reactions and object manipulation in primate infants. Primate Research. 5, 111-120. (in Japanese with English summary)
42. Takeshita, H., Mizuno, Y., & Matsuzawa, T. (2002). Development of postural reaction. M. Tomonaga, M. Tanaka, & T. Matsuzawa (Eds.), Cognitive and behavioral development in chimpanzees: A comparative approach (pp 292-295). Kyoto: Kyoto University Press. (in Japanese)
43. Tomonaga, M., Tanaka, M., Matsuzawa, T., Myowa-Yamakoshi, M., Kosugi, D., Mizuno, Y., Okamoto, S., Yamaguchi, M., & Bard, K. A. (2004). Development of social cognition in infant chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Face recognition, smiling, gaze, and the lack of triadic interactions. Japanese Psychological Research. 46, 227-235.
44. Vojta, V. (1976). Die cerebralen Bewegungsstörungen im Säuglingsalter, Frühdiagnose, und Frühtherapie. Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke.