期刊
INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT
卷 33, 期 2, 页码 219-234出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.10.007
关键词
Vagal tone; Cortisol; Memory; Imitation; Prematurity
资金
- CIHR [MOP42469] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [HD39783, R01 HD039783-01, R01 HD039783] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [156680] Funding Source: Medline
We examined the role of physiological regulation (heart rate, vagal tone, and salivary cortisol) in short-term memory in preterm and full-term 6-month-old infants. Using a deferred imitation task to evaluate social learning and memory recall, an experimenter modeled three novel behaviors (removing, shaking, and replacing a glove) on a puppet. Infants were tested immediately after being shown the behaviors as well as following a 10-min delay. We found that greater suppression of vagal tone was related to better memory recall in full-term infants tested immediately after the demonstration as well as in preterm infants tested later after a 10-min delay. We also found that preterm infants showed greater coordination of physiology (i.e., tighter coupling of vagal tone, heart rate, and cortisol) at rest and during retrieval than full-term infants. These findings provide new evidence of the important links between changes in autonomic activity and memory recall in infancy. They also raise the intriguing possibility that social learning, imitation behavior, and the formation of new memories are modulated by autonomic activity that is coordinated differently in preterm and full-term infants. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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