The calming effects of maternal carrying in different mammalian species

• Main Authors: Esposito, Gianluca, Setoh, Peipei, Yoshida, Sachine, Kuroda, Kumi O.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Affection and emotion
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107264; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25368
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Attachment theory postulates that mothers and their infants possess some basic physiological mechanisms that favour their dyadic interaction and bonding. Many studies have focused on the maternal physiological mechanisms that promote attachment (e.g. mothers’ automatic responses to infant faces and/...