Field Tiffany, Diego Miguel, Hernandez-Reif Maria, Fernandez Mercedes
Touch Research Institutes, University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Miami, FL, 33101, United States.
Infant Behav Dev. 2007 Aug;30(3):431-5. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.12.011. Epub 2007 Apr 6.
Newborns' crying in response to the cry of another newborn has been called an empathetic response. The purpose of this study was to determine whether newborns of depressed mothers showed the same response. Newborns of depressed and non-depressed mothers were presented with cry sounds of themselves or other infants, and their sucking and heart rate were recorded. The newborns of non-depressed mothers responded to the cry sounds of other infants with reduced sucking and decreased heart rate. In contrast, the newborns of depressed mothers did not show a change in their sucking or heart rate to the cry sounds of other infants. This lesser attentiveness/responsiveness to other infants' cry sounds may predict their later lack of empathy.
新生儿对另一个新生儿哭声的啼哭被称为共情反应。本研究的目的是确定抑郁母亲的新生儿是否表现出相同的反应。向抑郁母亲和非抑郁母亲的新生儿播放他们自己或其他婴儿的哭声，并记录他们的吸吮情况和心率。非抑郁母亲的新生儿听到其他婴儿的哭声时，吸吮减少，心率下降。相比之下，抑郁母亲的新生儿听到其他婴儿的哭声时，吸吮或心率没有变化。对其他婴儿哭声的这种较低关注度/反应性可能预示着他们日后缺乏共情能力。
