%0 Journal Article %1 Ball1975 %A Ball, T. S. %A McCrady, R. E. %A Hart, A. D. %D 1975 %J Percept Mot Skills %K Adolescent; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Conditioning, Operant; Female; Head; Humans; Male; Mental Retardation; Music; Posture; Reinforcement (Psychology) %N 2 %P 619--622 %T Automated reinforcement of head posture in two cerebral palsied retarded children. %V 40 %X A transistor radio activated by a mercury switch was used to reinforce head posture in two retarded children with severe cerebral palsy. Under the contingent music condition dropping the head forward automatically terminated the broadcast (music). A comparison of baseline and treatment phases showed that head orientation was strongly controlled by contingent music.

@article{Ball1975, abstract = {A transistor radio activated by a mercury switch was used to reinforce head posture in two retarded children with severe cerebral palsy. Under the contingent music condition dropping the head forward automatically terminated the broadcast (music). A comparison of baseline and treatment phases showed that head orientation was strongly controlled by contingent music.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T17:53:22.000+0200}, author = {Ball, T. S. and McCrady, R. E. and Hart, A. D.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21223703db83ca1f02ac268b91429fdb7/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {d30793e4d7828f239556781277491ed6}, intrahash = {1223703db83ca1f02ac268b91429fdb7}, journal = {Percept Mot Skills}, keywords = {Adolescent; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Conditioning, Operant; Female; Head; Humans; Male; Mental Retardation; Music; Posture; Reinforcement (Psychology)}, month = Apr, number = 2, pages = {619--622}, pmid = {1178334}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T18:01:10.000+0200}, title = {Automated reinforcement of head posture in two cerebral palsied retarded children.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 40, year = 1975 }