Why do mothers cradle babies on their left?
Why do mothers cradle babies on their left?
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为什么妈妈们都用左侧抱宝宝？
DOI：
10.1016/s0140-6736(96)90813-2
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发表时间：
1996
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通讯作者：
B. Woll
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作者：
J. Sieratzki;B. Woll
对于观察到的母亲更喜欢将婴儿放在左侧摇篮的现象，人们提出了许多解释。这些因素包括惯用手、母亲心跳的重要性、左乳房敏感性、社会心理因素，以及在监测婴儿方面的优势。我们认为情感交流的保护和促进是摇篮的核心，并探讨了左脑摇篮和右脑在早期母婴互动中的作用。左侧摇篮不仅将母亲的交流引导到婴儿的右脑，而且还促进了对母亲右脑的情感反馈。本文提出的潜在的神经语言机制在儿童语言发展的早期过程中可能是重要的，也可能有助于阐明我们对人类语言进化的理解。
Many explanations have been put forward for the observed preference of mothers to cradle babies on the left side. These include handedness, the importance of the maternal heartbeat, left breast sensitivity, socio-psychological factors, and advantages in monitoring the infant. We propose that protection and facilitation of affective communication is at the core of cradling; and explore the relation between left-cradling and the role of the right hemisphere in early mother-infant interaction. Left-cradling not only directs maternal communication to the infant's right hemisphere but also facilitates affective feedback to the maternal right brain. The underlying neuro-linguistic mechanisms proposed in this article may be important in the early course of child language development and may also serve to illuminate our understanding of the evolution of human language.