Parental potentiation of vocalization as a marker for filial bonds in infant animals

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1689-1697

  Shair, Harry N ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Attachment; Filial; Guinea pig; Infant; Isolation; Maternal potentiation; Mouse; Octagon degu; Pig; Rat; Social behavior; Ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; OCTODON; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, ANIMAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OCTODON; RATS; SWINE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84911420401     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21222     Document Type: Review

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