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Papers: 18 Nov 2023 - 24 Nov 2023


2023


PLoS One


37972112


18


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Infant pain vs. pain with parental suppression: Immediate and enduring impact on brain, pain and affect.

Authors

Barr GA, Opendak M, Perry RE, Sarro E, Sullivan RM

Abstract

In the short term, parental presence while a human infant is in pain buffers the immediate pain responses, although emerging evidence suggests repeated social buffering of pain may have untoward long-term effects.