Does a Mother's Attachment to Her Child Affect Biological Information provided by the Child? -Chaos analysis of fingertip pulse waves of children

Fingertip pulse waves of 242 children in the 0-to 5-year-old age group were measured and chaos analysis was performed on these waves to calculate the Lyapunov exponent. In addition, a questionnaire was used to determine the mothers' attachment to their children; the resulting degree-of-attachme...

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Main Authors: Oyama-Higa, M., Tsujino, J., Tanabiki, M.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Chaos
Chaotic communication
Cybernetics
Humans
Pediatrics
Performance analysis
Performance evaluation
Pregnancy
Psychology
Pulse measurements
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Summary:Fingertip pulse waves of 242 children in the 0-to 5-year-old age group were measured and chaos analysis was performed on these waves to calculate the Lyapunov exponent. In addition, a questionnaire was used to determine the mothers' attachment to their children; the resulting degree-of-attachment values were classified into grades. The present study found that a child whose mother had a strong attachment showed a high Lyapunov exponent. A mother's attachment is the most important factor affecting a child's physical and mental growth. The Lyapunov exponent, calculated from the chaos analysis of children's fingertip wave forms, provides an effective, scientific index of a mother's attachment to her child.
ISSN:1062-922X
2577-1655
DOI:10.1109/ICSMC.2006.385029