Parent and Infant Attachment in Mammals

Gubernick, David J.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-3150-6_7

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“…2; Lévy et al, 1991;. Even a few minutes of contact at birth are sufficient for does to maintain maternal responsiveness for 2-3 hr without their neonate (Gubernick, 1981;Klopfer et al, 1964). Thus, the sensitive period can be regarded as a phase during which maternal responsiveness is sustained by the experience that the mother gains while interacting with her neonate.…”

Section: The Sensitive Period Sensitive Period Versus Critical Periodmentioning

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“…Monozygotic twins, however, share much closer signatures, indicating some genotypic basis of olfactory identity (Romeyer et al, 1993b). Transmission of odors from the dam to the neonate, known as maternal labeling (Alexander, Stevens, & Bradley, 1989;Gubernick, 1981), is not critical for the initial establishment of maternal selectivity (Alexander et al, 1986;Poindron et al, 1988;Romeyer et al, 1993a). Nonetheless, it can contribute to the development of odor differences between neonates, for example, in young with initially very similar signatures (e.g., monozygotic twins; Romeyer et al, 1993b).…”

Section: Sensory Cues Involved In the Establishment Of Maternal Selecmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1 Responsiveness is used in this review in the sense of immediate receptivity and display of maternal care in presence of a young, while maternal selectivity refers to exclusive care for the young the mother has bonded to. imprinting in adulthood (Gubernick, 1981), given that it appears to share some of the characteristics found in filial imprinting in birds (e.g., presence of a sensitive period and a rapid establishment of an individual preference to an attachment figure). However, whether the activation of maternal responsiveness and the establishment of maternal selectivity are a sole and unique process or two different events is unclear.…”

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Maternal responsiveness and maternal selectivity in domestic sheep and goats: The two facets of maternal attachment

Poindron

Lévy

Keller

2006

Developmental Psychobiology

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Sheep and goats rapidly establish an exclusive relationship with their neonate following contact with it during a sensitive period of maternal responsiveness induced by the physiological events occurring at parturition. The data concerning the sensory, physiological, and neurobiological factors involved in the activation of both maternal responsiveness and the establishment of selective nursing indicates that these processes are activated simultaneously by the combined action of two main factors, the prepartum rise in circulating estrogen and the vaginocervical stimulation (VCS) caused by fetus expulsion. On the one hand, these two factors act on a neural network including the main olfactory system (MOB), the medial preoptic area (MPOA), and the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) to induce maternal responsiveness towards any neonate. The intracerebral release of oxytocin (OT) from the PVN, and the triggering of olfactory attraction for amniotic fluid (AF) are key elements in this process. On the other hand, VCS at birth also sets the MOB ready to memorize the individual odor of the neonate, through the release of peptides and neurotransmitters (noradrenaline and acetylcholine). In addition to the MOB, the network involved in recognition mainly includes the medial and cortical amygdala. Across consolidation processes, reorganization occurs in the network engaged in lamb recognition. Whether this memorization may be potentiated by other sensory cues is not known. The identification of the chemosensory compounds involved in the attraction for AF and in the recognition of the neonate is important for understanding the mechanisms of maternal attachment. ß 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Psychobiol 49: 54-70, 2007.

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Section: Sensory Cues Involved In the Establishment Of Maternal Selecmentioning

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Maternal responsiveness and maternal selectivity in domestic sheep and goats: The two facets of maternal attachment

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Lévy

Keller

2006

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…Soon after birth, the female will learn phenotypic features of the infant (Gubemick 1981) which usually results in reliable subsequent identification. However, even at this stage, evidence from Macaca nemestrina suggests that a female may employ a `rule of thumb' to identify her offspring, since if mother and infant are separated after birth, upon reunion 3-7 days later, mothers preferred the younger of two infants available, regardless of whether or not it was their own birth infant (Gubernick 1981). It is notable that the infant itself may play an active role in `who becomes the mother', as McGrew illustrates;…”

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“…There are significant benefits to the infant from physical `contact' itself, such as warmth, and shelter both during waking hours and whilst asleep (together), and even provision of movement and physical stimulation (Gubernick 1981). During these periods of close contact, the female will express a range of more active social behaviours including; nursing with milk, carrying, cleaning and grooming, responding to signs of the infant's distress (e. g. in the form of vocalisations from the infant).…”

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Social Bonding and Nurture Kinship: Compatibility between Cultural and Biological Approaches

Holland

2004

SSRN Journal

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Abstract''`ýýThe current thesis aims to clarify some aspects of the relationship between biology and social bonds. The central task is to demonstrate that, despite clear problems of some past approaches claiming to represent biology, there is non-reductive compatibility between the perspective from cultural approaches documenting processes of social bonding in humans and the perspective from basic biological theory. In demonstrating this compatibility, the thesis also attempts to contribute to delineating the utility and limits of applying insights from biology to understanding aspects of human social behaviour, and to sociological study in general. The areas of social bonding and social relationships under focus are mainly at the level of individuals and primary social groups, rather than a structural-functional approach often employed in classical sociology of the family and comparative sociology.The thesis initially reviews recent cultural approaches to understanding social bonding, and notes the potential academic value of a clarification of the association between social kinship and physical ('related by blood') kinship. In reviewing biological theory on social bonding and social behaviour, it is argued that classic sociobiological interpretations of this biological theory are erroneous in some crucial respects, and a different interpretation is argued for. Evidence on processes mediating social bonding in social mammals and particularly in primates is reviewed. It is demonstrated that circumstantial, social and contextual 'cues' typically mediate the formation of primary social bonds in these species, not genealogical relationship per se, and that these findings are compatible with basic biological theory. In the human case, it is demonstrated that the current interpretation of biological theory is also compatible with established disciplines closely associated with detailing mechanisms of social bonding (such as attachment theory). The consensus here is again that social bonds are mediated by various social and contextual cues rather than genealogical relationship per se. Various useful feedback has been provided by reviewers of earlier drafts of the thesis.My thanks especially to

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Vocalizations and other behavioral responses of male cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) during experimental separation and reunion trials

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Parent and Infant Attachment in Mammals

Cited by 106 publications

References 231 publications

Maternal responsiveness and maternal selectivity in domestic sheep and goats: The two facets of maternal attachment

Maternal responsiveness and maternal selectivity in domestic sheep and goats: The two facets of maternal attachment

Social Bonding and Nurture Kinship: Compatibility between Cultural and Biological Approaches

Vocalizations and other behavioral responses of male cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) during experimental separation and reunion trials

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