I remember reading in a psychology book about this study that was performed. They raised some rodents in captivity, and they had a rodent-like device with a fake paw or something touch the baby rodents in one group. They had a control group which was not touched at all. Just from the stimulation, the baby rodents that were touched grew up like 50% healthier than the ones that were not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Harlow In Harlow's classic experiment, two groups of baby rhesus monkeys were removed from their mothers. In the first group, a terrycloth mother provided no food, while a wire mother did, in the form of an attached baby bottle containing milk. In the second group, a terrycloth mother provided food; the wire mother did not. It was found that the young monkeys clung to the terrycloth mother whether or not it provided them with food, and that the young monkeys chose the wire surrogate only when it provided food
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In Harlow's classic experiment, two groups of baby rhesus monkeys were removed from their mothers. In the first group, a terrycloth mother provided no food, while a wire mother did, in the form of an attached baby bottle containing milk. In the second group, a terrycloth mother provided food; the wire mother did not. It was found that the young monkeys clung to the terrycloth mother whether or not it provided them with food, and that the young monkeys chose the wire surrogate only when it provided food ( ... )
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