Infants' physiological and behavioral reactivity to maternal mobile phone use – An experimental study

The present study examined the impact of maternal mobile phone use during mother-child interaction on infants' physiological and behavioral reactivity (i.e., heart rate and negative affect). In this experimental study, 106 mother-infant (M age = 11.88 months; 51% male) dyads were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions. All conditions started and ended with a 3-min mother-child free-play and the manipulation occurred in between...