Effects of child abuse can last a lifetime: Watch the ‘still face’ experiment to see why

"I dare anyone to try and watch the two-minute experiment that researchers call “The Still Face.”

"In the still face experiment, Tronick videotapes a mother or father cooing, talking and laughing with their infants as young as three and four months old. The infants are in car seats, and they gurgle with delight, coo right back, smile and clap their hands.

"Tronick has the mother or father turn away for a brief moment, then face the child with a blank expression. And that’s when it starts getting really uncomfortable...."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/09/16/affects-of-child-abuse-can-last-a-lifetime-watch-the-still-face-experiment-to-see-why/

Jane's 2012 article on the Still Face Experiment:

http://acestoohigh.com/2012/09/10/she-said-that-still-face-experiment-was-hard-to-watch-and-shes-right/

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