The emerging neurobiology of attachment and separation: How parents shape their infant’s brain and behavior

September 11: Trauma and Human Bonds

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 191-210

  Hofer, Myron A ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203780527     Document Type: Chapter

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