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Heart rate deceleration during the grasping reflex
1Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary. nagyeme@net.sote.hu
European Journal of Pediatrics
|July 21, 1999
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Heart rate changes were measured as a psychophysiological indicator during grasping reflex in 27 full-term healthy newborns at 2.5-50 h after birth. A significant heart rate deceleration accompanied the grasping response.
Conclusion:
Reflex grasping of a mother's hand, as a component of human attachment behaviour, may have a positive calming effect on the infant's state and could have therapeutic value for high risk mother-infant dyads.