In addition, to increasing positive behaviors between mothers and their
infants, Blass and Ciaramitaro (1994) demonstrated that touch may help
inhibit neural pathways for pain during infant inoculations, suggesting that
touch protects infants from negative physical experiences as well. Their
finding showed that touch decreased pain by lessening the intensity of crying
at 2 months and later during development combinations of holding and
rocking along with vocalizations were needed to sooth infants during painful
inoculation