October 2 Vanna Axia, University of Padua
Culture and maternal soothing of infant pain.
I will illustrate a model for the study of the issue, some empirical findings showing the impact of eco-culture on infant pain reactivity and infant contextual sensitivity to pediatric routine. I will show in which ways mothers may impact upon babies' pain reactivity and discuss pilot data on differences between American and Italian mothers and infants observed during inoculations in early infancy. I will show  number of slides of Renaissance paintings to  make my point about cultural differences in maternal behavior to infants. They are apparent in ancient Italian, Dutch and German art, going back 600 years ago.