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" Shamefully, human beings are the only mammals to separate mothers from their infants. Dr. John Krystal,
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology at the Yale School
of Medicine, described the impact of maternal separation on
the infant as 'profound', citing the recent discovery that the
autonomic activity (heart rate and other involuntary nervous
system activity) of two-day-old sleeping babies is 176 per
cent higher during maternal separation. "

Antonella Gambotto-Burke , Mama: Love, Motherhood and Revolution


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Antonella Gambotto-Burke quote : Shamefully, human beings are the only mammals to separate mothers from their infants. Dr. John Krystal,<br />Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology at the Yale School<br />of Medicine, described the impact of maternal separation on<br />the infant as 'profound', citing the recent discovery that the<br />autonomic activity (heart rate and other involuntary nervous<br />system activity) of two-day-old sleeping babies is 176 per<br />cent higher during maternal separation.