Early Parenting Plays Key Role In Infants' Physiological Response To Stress
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 22:14
in Health & Medicine
physiological response to stress (measured by heart rate) when they were temporarily separated from their mothers. DNA was collected to determine which infants carried a gene related to risky behaviors in adolescence and adulthood. Among those with the "risk" gene, maternal sensitivity did not affect heart rate at 6 months, but those with sensitive mothers showed an effective cardiac response at 12 months.