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The Development of Trait Anxiety in Nonhuman Primates During the First Year of Life.
Developmental science - 1 Mar 2026
Puralewski Rachel, Aggarwal Nakul, Oler Jonathan A, Roseboom Patrick H, Parkins Lauren, Riedel Marissa K, Boettcher Carissa, Kalin Ned H
Abstract excerpt
Anxious temperament (AT) is a nonhuman primate phenotype that models childhood behavioral inhibition, a prominent risk factor for anxiety disorders and stress-related psychopathology. To understand its earliest antecedents, we characterized AT's developmental trajectory over the first year of life. Infant monkeys (n = 35, 24 females) were longitudinally phenotyped for AT by assessing threat-related increases in...
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