Mother's phone call 'can be as soothing as a hug'

A mother's voice on the phone can soothe a stressed child just as much as a hug, a study of young girls suggests, reports the BBC.

US researchers put more than 60 girls in a stressful situation and monitored their hormonal responses when they were either phoned or hugged afterwards.

Their mother's voice produced virtually the same amount of the stress-quelling hormone oxytocin as physical comfort.

The findings appear in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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