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More than fear: Contributions of biobehavioral synchrony and infants' reactivity to cooperative care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2023

Elizabeth B. daSilva Open the ORCID record for Elizabeth B. daSilva [Opens in a new window]  and
Bennett I. Bertenthal
Elizabeth B. daSilva
Affiliation:
Division of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, Columbus, IN 47203, USA [email protected]; https://www.iupuc.edu/science/contact-science/liz-dasilva.html
Bennett I. Bertenthal
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA [email protected]; https://dcnlab.sitehost.iu.edu/
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Abstract

We present two challenges to the fearful ape hypothesis: (1) biobehavioral synchrony precedes and moderates the effects of fear on cooperative care, and (2) cooperative care emerges in a more bidirectional manner than Grossmann acknowledges. We present evidence demonstrating how dyadic differences in co-regulation and individual differences in infants' reactivity shape caregivers' responses to infant affect.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e59
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