AUTHOR=Mota-Rojas Daniel , Bienboire-Frosini Cécile , Marcet-Rius Míriam , Domínguez-Oliva Adriana , Mora-Medina Patricia , Lezama-García Karina , Orihuela Agustín 

TITLE=Mother-young bond in non-human mammals: Neonatal communication pathways and neurobiological basis

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1064444

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1064444

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Mother-young bonding is a process by which the young establish social preferences for their mother. It fosters reproductive success and the survival of offspring by providing food, heat, and maternal care. This process promotes the establishment of the mother-young bond through the interaction of olfactory, auditory, tactile, visual, and thermal stimuli. The neural integration of multimodal sensory stimuli and attachment is coordinated into motor responses. The sensory and neurobiological mechanisms involved in filial recognition in precocial and altricial mammals are summarized and analyzed in this review.</p>