It has been extensively studied just how harmful parental emotional neglect can be. As American psychologist Harry Harlow’s experiments in the 1950s demonstrated, a strong emotional bond with one’s ...

Psychology has taught us a lot about the way human bonds are formed. We now know that attachment begins far earlier than we ever thought possible, in utero. When we are fetuses, the way our mothers ...

The notion of “attachment management” systems is receiving more attention these days – but there could be pitfalls. At their most basic, these systems strip attachments out of e-mail and store them ...