Resumen de The biological basis of parent-infant attachment: Foundations and implications for further development

Carolina Blair Gómez

• Attachment is one of the most important theories that has ever been produced in the field of Psychology. It explains not only the relationship that a child has with its mother, but also how a child is structured and developed into a psychic being. Understanding the Attachment Theory helps elucidate how the interactions that take place in the parent-infant relationship impact the rest of the child’s life by predicting the its neural, emotional, and social development. For this reason, it is important to explain the foundation of this important relationship. This article reviews some of the literature that, based on research from the fields of psychology, biology, and genetics, shows evidence on how this special tie is founded on genetic and endocrine substrates that, in interaction with the environment, function to create the expression of an individual.