Demonstrates the influence of early life factors on social cognition through neuroendocrine mechanisms.
In addition to core knowledge, the prenatal environment, parental care, and early life experience play substantial roles in the establishment of social cognition. Given the evolutionary importance of early life care in humans and mammals in general, there are innate reward and stress based neuroendocrine mechanisms that are critical to maternal infant bonding as well as later social behavior.
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