EEG Patterns Shift as Result of Feeding Method and Affectionate Touch in Depressed and Non-depressed Mothers and Their Babies (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

EEG Patterns Shift as Result of Feeding Method and Affectionate Touch in Depressed and Non-depressed Mothers and Their Babies

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Researchers examined the infant's electroencephalogram activity (EEG) during development. Affectionate touch was coded during the mother-infant feeding context and included stroking, massaging and caressing initiated by either mother or infant.

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