Neonatal face-to-face interactions promote later social behaviour in infant rhesus monkeys
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Authors
Dettmer, Amanda M.Kaburu, Stefano S. K.
Simpson, Elizabeth A.
Paukner, Annika
Sclafani, Valentina
Byers, Kristen L.
Murphy, Ashley M.
Miller, Michelle
Marquez, Neal
Miller, Grace M.
Suomi, Stephen J.
Ferrari, Pier F.
Issue Date
2016-06-14
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In primates, including humans, mothers engage in face-to-face interactions with their infants, with frequencies varying both within and across species. However, the impact of this variation in face-to-face interactions on infant social development is unclear. Here we report that infant monkeys (Macaca mulatta) who engaged in more neonatal face-to-face interactions with mothers have increased social interactions at 2 and 5 months. In a controlled experiment, we show that this effect is not due to physical contact alone: monkeys randomly assigned to receive additional neonatal face-to-face interactions (mutual gaze and intermittent lip-smacking) with human caregivers display increased social interest at 2 months, compared with monkeys who received only additional handling. These studies suggest that face-to-face interactions from birth promote young primate social interest and competency.Citation
Dettmer, A.M., Kaburu, S.S.K., Simpson, E.A., Paukner, A., Sclafani, V., Byers, K.L., Murphy, A.M., Miller, M., Marquez, N., Miller, G.M., Suomi, S.J. and Ferrari, P.F. (2016) ‘Neonatal face-to-face interactions promote later social behaviour in infant rhesus monkeys’, Nature Communications, 7 (1) DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11940Publisher
NatureJournal
Nature CommunicationsAdditional Links
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11940Type
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
2041-1723Sponsors
National Institute of Child and Health Development Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Child and Health Development grant (PO1HD064653)ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1038/ncomms11940
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