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Neuroendocrine features of attachment in infants and nonhuman primates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Leslie J. Seltzer
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology and Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI [email protected]/childemotion
Seth D. Pollak
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology, Anthropology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705. [email protected]/childemotion

Abstract

The translation of research findings from other primates to humans, and from infants to adults within our own species, requires great care. If the many neurological, behavioral and adaptive distinctions between these groups are not precisely defined and considered, erroneous conclusions about evolutionary history and developmental processes may result.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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