Parental touch reduces social vigilance in children
The sense of touch develops in utero and enables parent-child communication from the earliest moments of life. Research shows that parental touch (e.g., licking and grooming in rats, skin-to-skin care in humans) has organizing effects on the offspring’s stress system. Little is known, however, about...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929317301159 |