Autistic Children Benefit from Massage
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Click here to read interesting new research on the benefit of massage for autistic children.
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Click here to read interesting new research on the benefit of massage for autistic children.
Massage Therapy Eases Sickle Cell Disease Pain in Children
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Great new research on the benefits of massage to children in pain and/or with an illness. Click here to read it.
Infant Preference of Touch Stimulation in Face-to-Face Interaction.
Friday, June 26th, 2009In a 1996 study, infant preference for social stimulation that included touch during a face-to-face situation with an adult was investigated. Under the no-touch treatment, the infant eye contact responses were followed by contingent adult smiling and cooing, but not by touching. During the touch condition, infants emitted more eye ...
Infant’s Need for Touch.
Friday, June 26th, 2009A 2002 study by Dr. Tiffany Field showed infant's preference for touch stimulation. In this study, infant eye contact was reinforced by the mother's face and voice with touch added in one condition and without touch in the other condition. Infants in the first four months of life who received ...