Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 249-255, July 2008

Contingent parental investment: an evolutionary framework for understanding early interaction between mothers and children

  • David A. Beaulieu

      Affiliations

    • Tomball College, Tomball, TX
  • ,
  • Daphne Bugental

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.

Received 16 August 2007; accepted 7 January 2008. published online 25 March 2008.

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PII: S1090-5138(08)00007-X

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.01.002

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 249-255, July 2008