Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 19, 2025

Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
Published on: August 25, 2014
[The mechanisms involved in rocking toddlers]
Anne Bobin-Bègue1, Joëlle Provasi2
1Laboratoire Éthologie cognition développement, Université Paris Nanterre, 200 avenue de la République, 92001 Nanterre, France.
Abstract:
If the tactile modality is fundamental in the infant's experience, there is a particular situation in which it is mobilized: rocking. Carrying a baby in one's arms or trying to soothe him will spontaneously lead the adult to rock him, whatever his culture. The ways of carrying out this rhythmic movement are varied, but all are characterized by a synchronous combination of somesthesic and vestibular stimulations repeated at regular intervals. The specificities of the tactile, vestibular and temporal modalities involved in rocking highlight the way in which rocking provides an essential support to the sensory and social development of the infant.
Related Concept Videos
Oscillations about an Equilibrium Position
Rigid Body Equilibrium Problems - II
Consider two children sitting on a seesaw, which has negligible mass. The first child has a mass (m1) of 26 kg and sits at point A, which is 1.6 meters (r1) from the pivot point B; the second child has a mass (m2) of 32 kg and sits at point C. How far from the pivot point B should the second child sit (r2) to balance the seesaw?
Stability of structures
Upward Impending Motion
To better comprehend how a screw jack functions, consider the completely unraveled thread as a block in contact with the...
Relative Motion Analysis - Acceleration
Damped Oscillations
Although friction and other non-conservative...

