Sentences with phrase «of tactile stimulation»

Gently grooming a cat can be a pleasurable form of tactile stimulation as our long - haired mix will confirm and has trained my husband to brush and comb him at least three times daily!

In a follow - up email, Amy mentioned that her daughter still liked to be rocked and have a bottle as part of the bedtime routine, which, in conjunction with the hand thing (and I can't stop laughing thinking about a toddler holding onto a prosthetic hand to fall asleep) makes me think that her daughter needs a lot of tactile stimulation to go to sleep.

In 1977, perinatal psychologist Dr. Rice explored the impact daily increments of tactile stimulation would have on premature infants.

Many of Yoon's books use some sort of tactile stimulation to expand or strengthen your child's vocabulary.

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Two things keep a baby on breast: the tactile stimulation (the feeling, the shape) of the nipple in their mouth AND milk or colostrum flowing.

To put it simply, this toy is designed to foster visual and tactile stimulation for developmental growth and learning in babies 12 months of age and up.

Infant massage, or tactile - kinesthetic stimulation, has been standard procedure for centuries in India, in several central African countries, and in the islands of the southwest Pacific.

Rubbing Taggies soft, textured tags can provide the tactile stimulation that all babies crave for development while having an amazing calming effect on babies of all ages.

The tactile experience of playing with different textured elements like water, clay and sand while messy, is a great forum for learning and stimulation.

Tactile stimulation is provided by the variety of textures which are integrated into the jumper.

Bright Starts Lots of Links are a set of 24 colored, textured links that promote tactile stimulation.

Sassy Cuddle Doll Birth and up This lightweight, handcrafted grasping toy is made of selected hardwoods with brightly colored textured fabrics of cotton, satin, and corduroy to enhance tactile stimulation.

When preemies were placed on oscillating water beds that mimicked the motion and tactile stimulation of the womb, the infants started to gain weight faster and were released sooner from the hospital (Field, 45 — 51).

Our baby gets tactile or cutaneous stimulation from our skin touching hers and proprioception from the pressure of her limbs flexed into our body.

She gets tactile, olfactory, and gustatory stimulation if we nurse, of our milk, and vestibular stimulation from the gentle stimulation of our movements and, when held upright, from her efforts to right her head and maintain her balance.

In our modern world, and more so in Western cultures, babies tend to lack tactile stimulation, for example, by being long periods of times in the pram or car seat.

Two groups of children (ages 8 to 12) participated in a series of tests in which researchers administered tactile stimulation (low - frequency vibrations) to the skin of their fingers.

«As noise impairs the tactile abilities of premature babies, we may wonder what the long - term impact of such auditory stimulation may be on their neural development,» concludes Fleur Lejeune.

The study aims to investigate, whether a special type of stimulation is able to improve tactile abilities and to reduce pain.

If applied regularly, that kind of passive stimulation results in an improvement of both tactile perception and motor function.

Despite the tradeoffs, one thing is certain: human research is key to our understanding of how people perceive electrical stimulation of the brain, and how we may use it to restore tactile sensation to users and help them drink that morning cup of coffee on their own.

It has to do with visual, tactile, and oral stimulation,» Chalker says, «rather that the actual size of the clit.

Meanwhile, sleeping with a weighted blanket — which provides constant tactile stimulation all over the body — can provide calming physiological effects, as well as increasing the amount of time you spend in various stages of sleep.

This personal approach also allows for the recruitment of more brain - body stimulation with verbal, visual, tactile, and other sensory cues that further enlists the patient's participation and motivation.

If you find that kinesiotape works for you, the best explanation is probably not any mechanical influence the tape has on joint motion, but rather, a tactile stimulation of the skin that may make you more aware of how you're moving a body part or slightly override some pain sensations.

To insure the success of all learners, this method has children using kinesthetic and tactile stimulation along with using their visual and auditory senses.

Staff will use visual, tactile, auditory, and olfactory stimulation to help students organize their senses and gain control of their bodies.

... reaction to certain objects (such as an umbrella or cane... does the dog panic, does he eventually recover, does he tentatively investigate)... reaction to a sudden noise... reaction to unusual tactile stimulation (such as walking on wire)... reaction to having mouth touched and eventually examined... reaction to an attempted hug... reaction to having paws touched (per previous cautions, remember that a shelter dog might have endured injury, and a dog in pain may react defensively — this is natural and needs to be taken into account)... reaction to being led on leash... reaction to being presented a toy and the degree to which the dog attempts to guard the toy... response to food and any signs of food - guarding... reaction to being coaxed into a lying - down position (accepting?

«These dogs help navigate through crowded situations (one of the most stressful things for our guys), find exits quickly, bring medications and provide medication reminders at specific times, watch their [handler's] back, provide personal space around strangers, wake from night terrors, and provide tactile stimulation (hugs and kisses, deep pressure application, licking hands to bring back to reality),» noting that these are just a few tasks that these dogs can be taught.

Some of these effects in rodents might be explained by the nipple switching facilitated by arched - back nursing, which results in increased tactile stimulation (19).

There has been accumulating evidence for the importance of parental care, especially tactile stimulation in the subsequent development of infants of mammalian species.

Effects of tactile / kinesthetic stimulation on the clinical course and sleep / wake behavior of preterm neonates.