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Why Eye Contact is Important

The Why Factor

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When a baby's born, the primitive part of the brain that deals with threatening situations is already wired up. So through experiences like being attended to, sharing those exchange of glances, it's helping to make those positive connections in the baby's brain. Without those things, the consequences can be disastrous. One of the cases that are quite often talked about is the one of the rumanian orphans who were kept in appalling conditions and had very little adult stimulation. And what researchis discovered is that actually inhibited their brain development and their physical developments.

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