Can we develop a neurobiological model of human social-emotional development? Integrative thoughts on the effects of separation on parent-child interactions.
After summarizing the main points raised in articles by Kaslow et al. and Plotsk, a number of questions that derive from these authors' work are listed. Additional questions are then posed, the answers to which will likely facilitate one's ability to translate animal models of child psychopathology into human terms. After summarizing the various advantages and disadvantages to models using mice, rats, and monkeys, several examples of recent research that have attempted to meld animal models with human studies are described.
Nelson
Charles A
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Institute of Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, and Center for Neurobehavioral Development, University of Minnesota, 51 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. canelson@umn.edu
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