Gently stroking a baby before a medical procedure can help reduce pain processing in the brain, according to a new U.K. study published in the journal Current Biology.
The findings suggest that lightly caressing an infant at a certain speed — a little more than one inch per second — could provide effective pain relief before clinically necessary medical procedures.
“Parents intuitively stroke their babies at this optimal velocity,” said senior author Dr. Rebeccah Slater, professor...
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