Infant bonding and attachment to the caregiver: insights from basic and clinical science
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Early life infant-caregiver attachment is a dynamic, bidirectional process that involving both the infant and caregiver. Infant attachment appears to have a dual function. First, it ensures the infant remains close to the caregiver in order to receive necessary care for survival. Second, the quality of attachment and its associated sensory stimuli organize the brain to define the infant's cognitive and emotional development. Here we present attachment within an historical view and highlight the importance of integrating human and animal research in understanding infant care.
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Human infants show learning of caregiver cues across multiple sensory modalities, enabling them to form attachments to adoptive parents and caregivers of either sex.
“Human infants also show learning of caregiver cues across multiple sensory modalities (DeCasper and Fifer, 1980, Sullivan et al., 2011), which enables them to form attachments to adoptive parents and caregivers of either sex.”
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- Authors
- Sullivan, R., Perry, R., Sloan, A., Kleinhaus, K., & Burtchen, N.
- Affiliations
- Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (US)
- New York University (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sullivan, Regina
- Venue
- Clinics in Perinatology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-12
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 643-655
- ISSN
- 0095-5108 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3223373
- OpenAlex
- W2076115217
- Cited by
- 181
- References
- 86
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 47 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 0.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Clinics in Perinatology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH085807, R01MH091451, K08MH085807, MH091451)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC-009910, DC-003906, R01DC009910, R01DC003906)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- infant bonding, early life, infant cognitive development, infant emotional development, brain development, history of attachment theory
- MeSH terms
- Child Development, Emotions, Humans, Infant Care, Infant, Newborn, Mother-Child Relations, Object Attachment, Personality Development, Caregivers
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