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Highlights • The infant brain is sensitive to gentle skin stroking within the first weeks of age.• The postcentral gyrus and posterior insular cortex are responsive to stroking.• Social touch… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • The infant brain is sensitive to gentle skin stroking within the first weeks of age.• The postcentral gyrus and posterior insular cortex are responsive to stroking.• Social touch activates both somatosensory and socio-affective brain areas in infancy.
Keywords:
neural correlates;
gentle skin;
correlates gentle;
stroking early;
early infancy;
skin stroking
Journal Title: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Year Published: 2019
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