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Peer reviewedHofer, Myron A. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1994
This essay discusses the similarities between animal behavior and human attachment behavior demonstrated by infants and their mothers. The provision of warmth, the tactile and olfactory stimulation of the mother's physical interactions, and the oral sensory and absorptive consequences of nursing are found to provide specific and independent…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Animal Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research
