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The Early Emotional Bond: An Evolutionary‐Developmental Perspective Integrating Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience, and Cross‐Cultural Evidence

2026-02-13

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<h4>Background: </h4> /Objectives: This article is a narrative review that examines the development of attachment from intrauterine life to the first thousand days of a child's life, integrating psychoanalytic, neuroscientific, genetic, and cross-cultural perspectives. Biological, relational, neurological, and cultural factors interact and determine individual differences in socio-emotional functioning. This paper...

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Literature Corpus work: 923ab501-fb58-52f2-8c0a-48d49db9425c
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202602.1084.v1

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