Oxytocin Levels Increase and Anxiety Decreases in Mothers Who Sing and Talk to Their Premature Infants during a Painful Procedure

• Main Authors: Manuela Filippa (Author), Maria Grazia Monaci (Author), Carmen Spagnuolo (Author), Massimiliano Di Benedetto (Author), Paolo Serravalle (Author), Didier Grandjean (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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(1) Background: Preterm infants spend their first weeks of life in the hospital partially separated from their parents and subjected to frequent potentially painful clinical procedures. Previous research has found that early vocal contact reduces infant pain perception while simultaneously increasin...