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Psychosomatic Medicine 26:162-171 (1964)
© 1964 American Psychosomatic Society

Origins of Head-Rolling (Spasmus Nutans) During Early Infancy

Clinical Observations and Theoretical Implications

NAHMAN H. GREENBERG M.D.1

1 Child Development Clinical and Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Ill

In a clinical study of interactional variables of maternal behavior as factors in the development of an atypical form of motor behavior (head-rolling) in early infancy, sensory conditions within the context of infant-mother relationships were studied by direct observations of infant-mother interactions, detailed histories of the infant's development, and evaluations of the mother's personality. From these data, the conditions of infant stimulation were reconstructed and related to the infant's behavioral capacities and the pathogenesis of spasmus nutans.

Submitted on October 31, 1963






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