Vol. 25 (Suppl 1) 2004 Neuro endocrinology letters

Grasping and fingering (active or haptic touch) in healthy newborns.

: The traditional view that the activity of the baby's hands are triggered by a stimulus in an automatic, compulsory, stereotyped way and persisting view that fingering does not occur prior to 4 months of age, have led perception researchers to the assumption that the processing, encoding, and retainment of sensory information could not.....