Hofer M A
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Acta Paediatr Suppl. 1994 Jun;397:9-18. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb13260.x.
In recent years, animal research has revealed a network of simple behavioral and biological processes that underlie the psychological constructs we use to define early social relationships. Hidden within the observable interactions of parent and offspring are sensorimotor, thermal and nutrient-based events which have unexpected and widespread regulatory effects on infant behavior and physiology. The complex pattern of responses resulting from early separation in infant rats can be traced to the abrupt withdrawal of a number of discrete, independent regulatory processes which had been acting on individual components of the infant's physiology and behavior. These regulatory processes also appear to mediate long-term shaping effects exerted by early relationships, for example, on the vulnerability of the adult rat to hypertension and stress ulcer. In human development, early regulatory interactions may provide a bridge between biological and psychological processes in the development of our earliest mental representations.
近年来，动物研究揭示了一个简单的行为和生物过程网络，这些过程构成了我们用于定义早期社会关系的心理结构的基础。在亲子之间可观察到的互动中，隐藏着基于感觉运动、热和营养的事件，这些事件对婴儿的行为和生理有着意想不到且广泛的调节作用。幼鼠早期分离所产生的复杂反应模式，可以追溯到一系列离散、独立的调节过程的突然停止，这些过程此前一直在作用于幼鼠生理和行为的各个组成部分。这些调节过程似乎还介导了早期关系所产生的长期塑造效应，例如，对成年大鼠患高血压和应激性溃疡的易感性的影响。在人类发展中，早期调节性互动可能在我们最早的心理表征发展过程中，为生物过程和心理过程之间搭建起一座桥梁。
