Attachment theory sounds like a complicated concept, but when you're a parent it can sometimes boil down to a crying, clinging child who does not want to be separated from you. Put simply, attachment ...

What do infants need in their early relationships? Many believe this question has a definitive answer: “What an infant needs is a secure attachment.” In some contexts, this has hardened into static ...

In the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, orphanages and foundling homes had shockingly high mortality rates. For example, the Dusseldorf nursery—a well funded, clean, and 'scientific' ...

Likely you’ve heard someone flippantly declare that they (or you, or someone else) have “daddy issues” or “mommy issues.” While most often used as an insult, these phrases are actually rooted in ...

Pascal Vrticka received funding from the Max Planck Society (Germany) for parts of his work on the social neuroscience of human attachment described in this piece. Originally rooted in developmental ...

Children are likely to develop secure attachment by having available, sensitive, and responsive caregivers. When that’s not the case, a child may develop an insecure attachment, which can take several ...

Mårten Hammarlund receives funding from The Swedish Research Council. Pehr Granqvist receives funding from The Swedish Research Council. Tommie Forslund receives funding from the Swedish Research ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous in this era. As a result, human-AI interactions are becoming more frequent and complex, and this trend is expected to accelerate soon. Therefore, scientists ...