The presence of the mother buffers HPA axis responses to stress in infant monkeys, with long-term effects on brain circuits involved in emotional regulation.

Evidence

Social Buffering of Stress Responses in Nonhuman Primates: Maternal Regulation of the Development of Emotional Regulatory Brain Circuits (PMC / NIH (Psychoneuroendocrinology))

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Trusting relationships can bring comfort during difficult times. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 1026; Infant attachment to caregivers forms the foundation for later self-concept and identity development. — Forming Attachments; Perceived safety, including from nature, physiologically switches off chronic stress responses — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 1226 (+9 more)

Related

• An infant’s HPA axis is co-regulated by caregiver presence, not just internally. (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Perceived safety, including from nature, physiologically switches off chronic stress responses #corroborates (0.75) — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 1226