Social touch in mother–infant interaction affects infants’ subsequent social engagement and object exploration
Abstract Infants’ social touch with caregivers has been considered a means of regulating infant physiological and emotional state. In non-human mammals, such regulatory function also facilitates infant exploration and social behavior. However, the types of social touch in human mother–infant interac...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00642-4 |