feeding behavior

the behavior involved in taking nourishment. In humans, the development of feeding behavior includes (a) stimulation and coordination of the sucking and swallowing reflexes in early infancy, (b) adaptation to breast or bottle and to scheduled or self-demand feeding, (c) biting at about the 4th month, (d) anticipatory chewing movements, (e) actual chewing when the teeth are developed, and (f) transferring from finger feeding to the use of various utensils.

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March 18th 2025

Frye test

a test for the admissibility of scientific evidence in U.S. courts, derived from the case Frye v. United States (1923) in which an early form of lie-detector evidence (see polygraph) was ruled inadmissible because it had not yet “gained general acceptance in the field in which it belongs.” This “general acceptance” test became the chief standard for ruling on admissibility of scientific evidence in both state and federal courts until 1993, when it was replaced by the Daubert test in most jurisdictions.