Maternal bonding in childhood moderates autonomic responses to distress stimuli in adult males

• Main Authors: Dalsant, Arianna, Truzzi, Anna, Setoh, Peipei, Esposito, Gianluca
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Attachment; Parental care
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84974; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42042
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Mother-child bonding influences the development of cognitive and social skills. In this study we investigate how maternal attachment, developed in early childhood, modulates physiological responses to social stimuli later in life. Our results suggest that the autonomic nervous system’s responses to...