Physiological and social synchrony as markers of PTSD and resilience following chronic early trauma.
Shai MotsanEran Bar-KalifaKaren YirmiyaRuth FeldmanPublished in: Depression and anxiety (2020)
Findings specify mechanisms by which biobehavioral synchrony promotes resilience. As children grow, the tightly coupled mother-child physiology must be replaced by loosely coordinated behavioral attunement that buttresses maturation of the child's allostatic self-regulation. Our findings highlight the need for synchrony-based interventions to trauma-exposed mothers.