This review examines mechanisms contributing to the intergenerational transmission of self-
regulation. To provide an integrated account of how self-regulation is transmitted across …

Standard practice in the dairy industry is to separate the calf and dam immediately after birth
and raise calves in individual pens during the milk-feeding period. In nature and in extensive …

The developing brains of young children are highly sensitive to input from their social
environment. Nurturing social experience during this time promotes the acquisition of social …

Maternal interactions with young occupy most of the reproductive period for female
mammals and are absolutely essential for offspring survival and development. The …

Addictions are commonly presaged by problems in childhood and adolescence. For many
individuals this starts with the early expression of impulsive risk-taking, social …

Addiction represents a complex interaction between the reward and stress neural circuits,
with increasing drug use reflecting a shift from positive reinforcement to negative …

Multiple lines of inquiry, including experimental animal models, have recently converged to
suggest that executive functioning (EF) may be one mechanism by which parenting behavior …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Becoming a parent is arguably the
most profound transforming experience in life. It is also inherently very emotionally and …

Previous research has established that in comparison to adult mothers teen mothers
respond less sensitively to their infants. In adults, components of executive functions relate …

The mechanisms by which childhood abuse and/or neglect become risk factors for the
development of drug addiction, problem gambling, and other disorders of behavioral …