A specific and rapid neural signature for parental instinct.
Darwin originally pointed out that there is something about infants which prompts adults to respond to and care for them, in order to increase individual fitness, i.e. reproductive success, via increased survivorship of one's own offspring. Lorenz proposed that it is the specific structure of t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-02-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2244707?pdf=render |