Type and amount of prenatal auditory experience alters postnatal perceptual responsiveness in bobwhite quail

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dc.contributor.authorSleigh, Merry J.en
dc.contributor.committeechairLickliter, Roberten
dc.contributor.committeememberCrawford, Helen J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDenbow, Donald Michaelen
dc.contributor.committeememberFranchina, Joseph J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHarrison, David W.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:12:12Zen
dc.date.adate2008-06-06en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:12:12Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.date.rdate2008-06-06en
dc.date.sdate2008-06-06en
dc.description.abstractBobwhite quail embryos were exposed to 5 or 10 min/hr of either bobwhite chick contentment calls or bobwhite chick distress calls. Results revealed that embryos exposed to 5 or 10 min/hr of distress calls continued to respond to maternal auditory cues into later stages of postnatal development in comparison to controls (Experiments 1A & 2A) and failed to demonstrate species-typical responsiveness to maternal visual cues (Experiments 1B & 2B). In contrast, embryos exposed to 5 min/hr of contentment calls continued to respond to maternal auditory cues into later stages of development (Experiment 2A) and exhibited species-typical patterns of visual responsiveness (Experiment 2B). Embryos exposed to 10 min/hr of contentment calls responded to maternal auditory cues into later stages of postnatal development (Experiment 1A), but showed an accelerated responsiveness to maternal visual cues (Experiment 1B). Behavioral activity measures revealed that augmented auditory stimulation (whether contentment or distress vocalizations) appeared to foster an increase in physical responsiveness when compared to controls (Experiment 3). Taken together, these results suggest that the type and amount of sensory stimulation interact during the prenatal period to influence the course of perceptual development.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentvii, 94 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06062008-151728en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-151728/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/38034en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1996.S583.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34664329en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectpsychologyen
dc.subjectdevelopmenten
dc.subjectperceptionen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1996.S583en
dc.titleType and amount of prenatal auditory experience alters postnatal perceptual responsiveness in bobwhite quailen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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