@article{ref1,
title="Primate evidence on the late health effects of early-life adversity",
journal="Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America",
year="2012",
author="Conti, Gabriella and Hansman, Christopher and Heckman, James J. and Novak, Matthew F. X. and Ruggiero, Angela and Suomi, Stephen J.",
volume="109",
number="23",
pages="8866-8871",
abstract="This paper exploits a unique ongoing experiment to analyze the effects of early rearing conditions on physical and mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys that were randomly allocated at birth across three rearing conditions: mother rearing, peer rearing, and surrogate peer rearing. We show that the lack of a secure attachment relationship in the early years engendered by adverse rearing conditions has detrimental long-term effects on health that are not compensated for by a normal social environment later in life.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0027-8424",
doi="10.1073/pnas.1205340109",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1205340109"
}