A prescription for touch: Early experiences shape preterm babies' brains
Thursday, March 16, 2017 - 11:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Newborn babies experience the world through touch. Now, researchers who have measured the brain responses of 125 infants -- including babies who were born prematurely and others who went full-term -- show that a baby's earliest experiences of touch have lasting effects on the way their young brains respond to gentle touch when they go home.