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 vocal distress are moderated by the quality of participants' maternal bonding. In particular, participants with optimal maternal bonding showed a greater calming response to distressful stimuli whereas participants with non-optimal maternal bonding showed a heightened distress response. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Maternal bonding in childhood moderates autonomic responses to distress stimuli in adult males / Dalsant, Arianna; Truzzi, Anna; Setoh, Peipei; Esposito, Gianluca. - In: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. - ISSN 0166-4328. - 292:(2015), pp. 428-431. [10.1016/j.bbr.2015.06.026]

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

Dalsant, Arianna;Truzzi, Anna;Esposito, Gianluca
2015-01-01

Abstract

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 vocal distress are moderated by the quality of participants' maternal bonding. In particular, participants with optimal maternal bonding showed a greater calming response to distressful stimuli whereas participants with non-optimal maternal bonding showed a heightened distress response. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2015
Dalsant, Arianna; Truzzi, Anna; Setoh, Peipei; Esposito, Gianluca
Maternal bonding in childhood moderates autonomic responses to distress stimuli in adult males / Dalsant, Arianna; Truzzi, Anna; Setoh, Peipei; Esposito, Gianluca. - In: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. - ISSN 0166-4328. - 292:(2015), pp. 428-431. [10.1016/j.bbr.2015.06.026]
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