Physical contact in parent-infant relationship and its effect on fostering a feeling of safety
Summary: The infant-caregiver relationship involves physical contact for feeding, moving, and other cares, and such contact also encourages the infant to form an attachment, an emotional bond with the caregivers. Physical contact always accompanies somatosensory perception, which is detected by mech...
| Published in: | iScience |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-07-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221006891 |