Effect of Maternal Sensitivity on Child Health and Cognition

Maternal sensitivity is a mother's ability to perceive and infer the meaning behind her infant's behavioural signals, and to respond to them promptly and appropriately. Maternal sensitivity affects child development at all stages through life, from infancy, all the way to adulthood. In general, more sensitive mothers have healthier; more socially and cognitively developed children than those who are not as sensitive