Average fixation duration in infancy: Stability and predictive utility

Hannah White1, Alison Heck2, Rachel Jubran3

  • 1Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

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Attachment is vital for infant development, as warm social interactions support growth and well-being. In a classic 1958 study by Harry Harlow, the significance of warmth and comfort in forming attachments was examined. Harlow separated newborn monkeys from their mothers and provided two artificial "mothers": one made of cold wire and the other covered in soft cloth. Despite the wire mother offering food, the infant monkeys preferred the comfort of the cloth mother, demonstrating that...
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