Looking eye-to-eye with babies synchronizes the mother's brain waves with the child, claims a study published in Science Daily.
Researchers from Cambridge conducted a study to examine the connection between parts of the brain when a parent communicates with a baby.
It was previously established that when two adults have a conversation, the communication is more successful if their brain waves are synchronized.
When there is an interaction between the parent and the baby, there is a synchronization of the heartbeat and emotions.
However, until now, little was known about whether there was a synchronization of the brain's work and what the possible consequences of that were, reports N1.
Scientists monitored the brain circuits of 36 babies and measured brain reactions and activities to the presence and sight of adults and their parents using electrodes.
The conclusion they reached showed that brain waves in babies are most synchronized when their eyes meet with an adult, while the strongest signal was registered when the parent looked directly into the eyes of the baby.
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