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Early neglect and deprivation change the body’s stress response systems
Photo: Angela Catlin/Wikimedia Commons Severe social and emotional deprivation in early life is written into our biochemical stress responses. That’s the latest learning from the long-running Bucharest...
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Can a robotic talking bear have therapeutic value? “The Bear,” part of a New York Times video series called Robotica, offers a glimpse of Huggable’s potential when Beatrice Lipp, a child with a...
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Mothers’ life experiences may affect their newborns’ telomeres — especially...
A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that mothers’ experiences affect their babies’ chromosomes. For the first time, it also shows a gender difference — with male babies more susceptible to...
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EEG patterns diverge in babies of stressed mothers
A study in JAMA Pediatrics assessed new mothers’ stress levels and EEG patterns in their 2-month-old babies. Such patterns could help flag infants at risk.(PHOTO: EMILY REILLY / BOSTON CHILDREN’S...
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