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Gunnar ''et al''. (1984) tested the effects of a pacifier during circumcision. They reported:<blockquote>The results showed that stimulating the newborn with the pacifier reduced crying by about 40%. Reducing crying, however, had no significant effect on adrenocortical response. Elevations of serum cortisol predicted average behavioral state following circumcision, whereas crying during circumcision did not. Furthermore, there was evidence that the neonatal adrenocortical system was sensitive in variations in surgical procedures. The results indicate the importance of obtaining data on both behavioral and hormonal systems in studies of stress and coping in human newborns.<ref name="gunnar1984">{{REFjournal |last=Gunnar |first=MR |author-link= |last2=Fisch |first2=RO |author2-link= |last3=Malone |first3=S |author3-link= |etal=no |title=The effects of a pacifying stimulus on behavioral and adrenocortical responses to circumcision in the newborn |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Am Acad Child Psychiatry |location= |date=1984-01 |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=24-8 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/gunnar1984/ |quote= |pubmedID=6693677 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1097/00004583-198401000-00005 |accessdate=2019-12-06}}</ref></blockquote>
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