Infants Show Physiological Responses Specific to Parental Hugs
Summary: Caregivers hug their infants to express affection and joy. However, it remains unknown how infants react to being hugged. Here we examined heart rate responses in first-year infants during a hug, hold, and tight hug from parents. Infants older than four months showed an increased R-R interv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-04-01
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| Series: | iScience |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220301802 |