Parental lip-smacks during infant mealtimes

Lip movement exaggerations during infant-directed speech.

PURPOSE Although a growing body of literature has identified the positive effects of visual speech on speech and language learning, oral movements of infant-directed speech (IDS) have rarely been studied. This investigation used 3-dimensional motion capture technology to describe how mothers modify their lip movements when talking to their infants. METHOD Lip movements were recorded from 25 m...

Oxytocin shapes parental motion during father-infant interaction.

An infant-oriented parental repertoire contributes to an infant's development and well-being. The role of oxytocin (OT) in promoting affiliative bonds and parenting has been established in numerous animal and human studies. Recently, acute administration of OT to a parent was found to enhance the carer's, but at the same time also the infant's, physiological and behavioural readiness for dyadic...

The frame/content theory of speech evolution: from lip smacks to syllables

Mealtimes matter.

THE NHS spends about £500 million a year on food and drinks for inpatients, yet there are still inpatients who receive inadequate nutrition and hydration.

Parent-infant psychotherapy for improving parental and infant mental health.

BACKGROUND Parent-infant psychotherapy (PIP) is a dyadic intervention that works with parent and infant together, with the aim of improving the parent-infant relationship and promoting infant attachment and optimal infant development. PIP aims to achieve this by targeting the mother's view of her infant, which may be affected by her own experiences, and linking them to her current relationship ...