看起来很安全:母亲的触摸影响婴儿的恐惧偏见偏见
Margaret Addabbo1, Elena Guida2, Victoria Licht2
1Department of Psychology, CRIdee, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy.
Developmental science
|June 10, 2025
概括
母亲的触摸有助于婴儿处理恐惧的面孔,表明安全并有助于社会学习. 不同的触摸类型会以不同的方式影响对情绪线索的注意力.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 婴儿行为婴儿行为
背景情况:
- 触摸对于婴儿的社会情感发展和神经生物学功能至关重要.
- 婴儿表现出对恐惧面部表情的注意偏见.
- 母亲的触摸可能会调节这些注意力偏差.
研究的目的:
- 研究母亲触摸对婴儿对恐惧面部表情的注意偏差的影响.
- 为了区分直接的母亲触摸与没有触摸的母亲存在的影响.
- 探索不同类型的母亲触摸如何影响婴儿的注意力.
主要方法:
- 眼睛跟踪被用来测量7个月大的婴儿在情感面部重叠任务期间的视觉行为.
- 婴儿被分配到"触摸"组 (母亲的手放在婴儿的膝盖上) 或"无触摸"组.
- 在自由游戏互动期间评估了母亲的触摸频率和类型.
主要成果:
- 婴儿通常对恐惧刺激的注意力增加.
- "触摸"组的婴儿与快乐/中立面孔相比,对恐惧的面孔的脱离时间较慢.
- 在"无触摸"组中,调节性触摸增加了对恐惧/中立面部的关注,而其他触摸类型则减少了.
结论:
- 母亲的触摸作为一种沟通信号,传达安全处理恐惧刺激.
- 这种触觉交流支持婴儿的社会理解和学习.
- 母亲的触摸类型显著影响婴儿对情感线索的注意力.
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