Mother/infant skin-to-skin touch boosts baby’s brain development and function

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

As the world prioritizes social distancing to stop or slow down the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), a new study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University demonstrates that mother-infant touch and contact are essential for optimal neurodevelopmental regulation in early infancy. Kangaroo Care, a skin-to-skin, chest-to-chest method of caring for a baby, especially one who is […]

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