Bacher Leigh F, Allen Kara J
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Oswego, 455 Mahar Hall, Oswego, NY 13126, USA.
Dev Psychobiol. 2009 Mar;51(2):186-97. doi: 10.1002/dev.20357.
Although progress has been made toward understanding the mechanisms of spontaneous eye blinking (SB), few reports focus on the ontogeny of SB. The purpose of the present work was to investigate SB in infants by attempting to manipulate SB and examine potential correlates of SB. Fifty-two infants were observed in a quiet baseline condition then presented with either moving stimuli or a social stimulus. SB, eye movement, body movement and various background variables were measured. Results demonstrate that SB can be manipulated and that SB rate is differentially sensitive to the type of stimulus presented. Eye and body movements did not systematically relate to the rate of SB. Implications for mechanisms of SB regulation are discussed.
尽管在理解自发眨眼（SB）机制方面已取得进展，但很少有报告关注SB的个体发生。本研究的目的是通过尝试操纵SB并检查SB的潜在相关因素来研究婴儿的SB。在安静的基线条件下观察了52名婴儿，然后向他们呈现移动刺激或社交刺激。测量了SB、眼球运动、身体运动和各种背景变量。结果表明，SB可以被操纵，并且SB率对所呈现刺激的类型有不同的敏感性。眼球和身体运动与SB率没有系统的关联。讨论了对SB调节机制的影响。
