報導連結：http://econewsmedia.net/2018/05/08/latest-research-reveals-the-more-you-hug-your-kids-the-smarter-they-get/
According to new research, physical affection during a baby’s development period is even more important than we thought.
你是常常抱小孩的父母嗎？如果是的話不要停止你的行為。
根據新研究，physical affection(身體的親密接觸)對於寶寶的成長階段比我們想的還重要。
The more you hug a baby, the more their brains grow, according to a recent survey from the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio.
125 babies, both premature and full-term, were included in the study, which looked at how well they reponded to being physically touched.
The results indicated that premature babies responded to affection less than babies who were not born premature.
根據最近美國俄亥俄州的全州性的兒童醫院調查指出(研究連結)，你越多抱寶寶，他們的腦部越能成長。這個研究對象為125個寶寶，包含早產兒與滿足月生產的正常嬰兒，研究他們對於身體上的接觸的反應程度有多好。研究結果指出早產兒比起非早產兒，對於affection(身體接觸)的反應較少。
What was also revealed however, was that babies that were subjected to more affection by parents or hospital staff showed stronger brain response.
研究也指出寶寶受到父母或醫護人員較多affection者，表現出較強的腦部反應。
According to researcher Dr. Nathalie Maitre, this last revelation tells us that something as simple as body contact or rocking your baby in your arms will make a big difference in how their brains develop.
本研究者Dr. Nathalie Maitre表示，這研究告訴我們單純的身體接觸或抱著輕搖寶寶對於他們的腦部成長就有明顯幫助。
“Making sure that preterm babies receive positive, supportive touch such as skin-to-skin care by parents is essential to help their brains respond to gentle touch in ways similar to those of babies who experienced an entire pregnancy inside their mother’s womb,” Maitre tells Science Daily.
”確保早產兒接受到正面的、支持他的touch，像是與父母的skin to skin肌膚接觸照護對於幫助他們的腦部回應溫柔touch，以類似寶寶完整在媽媽子宮內待到足月的方式” Maitre在Science Daily如是說。(Science Daily報導連結)
Basically, affection is vital for the development of the brain. So, cuddle and hug your babies as much as you can – and don’t forget to share this research to show everyone out there how important it is to be loving to our children!
基本上，affection對於腦部成長是必需的，所以儘可能多抱抱寶寶，且別忘了分享這個研究資訊告訴大家愛我們的孩子是如何地重要。
