ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2009, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (2): 377-383.

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Neurophysiological Mechanism of Human Attachment

CHEN Wen-Feng; WANG Zheng-Yan; WANG Yan   

  1. Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
  • Received:2008-08-15 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2009-03-15 Published:2009-03-15
  • Contact: WANG Zheng-Yan

Abstract: Attachment researchers investigated the neurophysiological mechanism of human attachment based on neurobiology studies of animal social attachment. They made a conclusion that the insecure individuals have higher heart rate and high cortisol comparing with the secure ones , While the location of brain function and electrophysiological study shows that compared to secure infants, insecure infants exhibited less left frontal brain activities when attachment system was inactivated, but there are no consistent results in adults. However, the researches are mostly correlational ones and can not provide causal inferences, moreover, the further researches about basic physiological characteristic of attachment need to be reinforced and discovered

Key words: attachment, autonomic nervous system, hypothalamic-pituitary-Adrenal, brain

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