Mothers Undergoing Caesarean Deliveries Less Responsive To Their Baby Crying, Says Study
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 18:56
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study has found that mothers who delivered vaginally compared to caesarean section delivery (CSD) were significantly more responsive to the cry of their own baby, identified through MRI brain scans two to four weeks after delivery. The results of the study in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry suggest that vaginal delivery (VD) mothers are more sensitive to own baby-cry in the regions of the brain that are believed to regulate emotions, motivation and habitual behaviors. Read More...
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