Researchers may have new clues to the way human babies internalize fear from their mothers after laboratory rats were made to associate the smell of peppermint with electrical shock and then seemingly passed that along to their young.
The study at the University of Michigan is more evidence of the biological link between a mother’s emotional health and a baby’s stress levels — a critical understanding for those helping parents or would-be parents dealing with emotional trauma, such as combat veterans or victims of crime.
“You take care of the mother, you take care of the baby,”...
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