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Study of the Emergence of Sensory Self-awareness in Premature Newborns Using the Rooting Reflex

NCT06365164 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2024-04-15

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Summary

The main objective is to demonstrate the presence of the rooting reflex in premature and the emergence of sensory self-awareness in premature by showing a difference in the response of the rooting reflex to external tactile stimulation and to facilitated tactile self-stimulation during quiet wakefulness.

The main hypothesis is to confirm the tactile skills of the very premature newborn in exploring the rooting reflex and then to evaluate the emergence of sensory self-awareness.

The investigators assume a difference in response in favour of a greater response of the newborn to external tactile stimulation compared to facilitated self-stimulation in favour of the distinction between self and non-self showing the emergence of a sensory awareness of self in the preterm newborn.

Conditions

  • Premature
  • Development, Child
  • Rooting Reflex

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tactile stimulation

The procedure consists of brief perioral tactile stimulation. The procedure is filmed in order to record and evaluate the response of the newborn to the stimulation. During the same intervention, each newborn will receive external stimulation (the experimenter repeatedly and regularly touches the corner of the infant's mouth slowly with the tip of his index finger) followed by facilitated self-stimulation (the experimenter will place the newborn's elbow close to his body, allowing him to touch his face alone with his hand). There will also be an initial phase and a final 30-second phase in which the newborn is observed without any stimulation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences,University of Geneva

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Hospital, Grenoble

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julia Doutau · University Grenoble Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
28 Weeks
Max Age
37 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-30
Primary Completion
2024-11-30
Completion
2025-11-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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