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A child wants to be held and touched from the very first day of life. And a parent’s affectionate touch goes a long way, from boosting a newborn’s healthy development to shaping the child’s brain later on, a new study suggests. Researchers observed that brain activity across these networks was stronger for kids who received more tactile attention from their mothers.  We all intuitively know this, but MRI scans can now show this up.

Read this in the Huffington Post.