Received Cradling Bias During the First Year of Life: A Retrospective Study on Children With Typical and Atypical Development

A population-level left cradling bias exists whereby 60–90% of mothers hold their infants on the left side. This left biased positioning appears to be mutually beneficial to both the mother and the baby's brain organization for processing of socio-emotional stimuli. Previous research connected...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Malatesta, Daniele Marzoli, Fabio Apicella, Claudia Abiuso, Filippo Muratori, Gillian S. Forrester, Giorgio Vallortigara, Maria Luisa Scattoni, Luca Tommasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00091/full