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R C Albino

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PubMed1983

Urban Zulu mothers' views on the health and health care of their infants.

During a research project aimed at the establishment of developmental norms for Black infants, the lack of information on Black mothers' views on infancy and child-rearing became apparent. A pilot project was therefore undertaken in order to delineate areas for further study. During this pilot project data were obtained on urban Zulu mothers' views on the health and health care of their infants. It appeared that urban Zulu mothers have accepted Western medicine to a certain degree, without having completely relinquished beliefs in traditional health care. We report these views on the health and health care of infants because they seem important not only for those active in community obstetrics and paediatrics, but also for those concerned with the health care facilities provided for urban Blacks.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

Hemisphere differences and judgments of simultaneity of brief light flashes.

A series of experiments was conducted to investigate the possibility of hemispheric specialization for judgments of the simultaneity of two light flashes. Right-handed subjects adjusted two light flashes until they appeared simultaneous. The comparison of measures derived from the two possible orders of the light flashes suggested that the right hemisphere of right-handed subjects performed the function of ordering visual stimuli in time. Two further experiments examined an alternative explanation, that of a left-to-right scanning mechanism, the results of which also suggested a hemisphere explanation. The results of these experiments are discussed in terms of previous research and theories which located a temporal ordering mechanism in the speech hemisphere.

Adolescent↗