Developmental Neuroscience
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2.1 Evolution and Development 2.2 The Early Development of Attachment 2.3 Early Separation as Loss of Regulation 2.4 Long-Term Maternal Regulation of Development 2.5 Summary
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Open field behavior in nonhuman animals reflects a compromise between predator evasion and reestablishing contact with an ingroup.
“Open field behavior in nonhuman animals represents a compromise between predator evasion tactics and the reinstatement of contact with an ingroup.45,46”
From Social isolation (2011) · cites this paper as [45]
No single intensity of isolation USVs is universally best, and heritable individual differences in this predisposition exist in the population.
“As a consequence, no single level of intensity of USVs to isolation is universally best, and heritable individual differences in this predisposition exist in the population.”
From Social isolation (2011) · cites this paper as [45]
After 25 generations of selective breeding for high versus low separation USVs, high-line rats showed more infant distress, longer latency to play, and more depression-like, anxiety-like, social interaction latency, startle, and learning deficits as adults; low-line rats were exploratory, active, and aggressive.
“After 25 generations of selective breeding, differences in behavior between the two lines of rats were reminiscent of some of the differences observed in humans who are high or low in perceived isolation:22 the high, relative to low, USV line showed more distress to isolation as an infant; greater latency to play as an adolescent; and greater depression-like behaviors, greater anxiety-like Behavi”
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Neuroanatomical studies point to the periaqueductal grey as a neural substrate for rat USVs and to the hypothalamus, amygdala, thalamus, hippocampus, and cingulate cortex as substrates for primate isolation calls.
“Neuroanatomical studies reviewed by Hofer45 point to the periaquaductal grey area as a neural substrate for these USVs in rats and the hypothalamus, amygdala, thalamus, hippocampus, and cingulate cortex as the neural substrates for isolation calls in primates.”
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- Hofer, M. A.
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- Columbia University (US)
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- Hofer, Myron A.
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- Handbook of Neuroscience for the Behavioral Sciences
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- Wiley
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- 2009-10-30
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- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Keywords
- developmental neuroscience, evolution and development, attachment, early separation, maternal regulation, maternal behavior
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