The development of attachment: Integrating genes, brain, behavior, and environment

• Main Authors: Esposito, Gianluca, Setoh, Peipei, Shinohara, Kazuyuki, Bornstein, Marc H.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Early caregiver-infant interaction; Brain sensitivity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83037; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42382
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In humans, as in other animal species, early caregiver-infant interactions influence physiological and psychological processes by modulating brain sensitivity. Furthermore, early social interaction between caregiver and infant influences infants’ cognitive and socioemotional development, and subsequ...