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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 109, Issue 23, Pages 8866-8871Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205340109
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maternal behavior; social deprivation; long-term health
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- American Bar Foundation
- J. B. and M. K. Pritzker Family Foundation
- Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [R37-HD065072]
- National Institute on Aging [R01-AG034679]
- Becker Friedman Institute for Research and Economics
- Institute for New Economic Thinking
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This paper exploits a unique ongoing experiment to analyze the effects of early rearing conditions on physical and mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macacamulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys that were randomly allocated at birth across three rearing conditions: mother rearing, peer rearing, and surrogate peer rearing. We show that the lack of a secure attachment relationship in the early years engendered by adverse rearing conditions has detrimental long-term effects on health that are not compensated for by a normal social environment later in life.
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