Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Benefits of Nurturing Parents: US News & World Report Health

Nurturing Moms May Help Their Child's Brain Develop

Study found toddlers with loving mothers had more growth in key brain area

January 30, 2012
U.S. News & World Report

by Jenifer Goodwin
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Preschool children whose moms are loving and nurturing have a larger hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in learning, memory and stress response, when they reach school age, a new study finds. Read the full story here...

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