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Origins of social fusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Philippe Rochat
Philippe Rochat*
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Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. psypr@emory.eduhttp://www.psychology.emory.edu/cognition/rochat/lab/Rochat.html
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Abstract

Do instances of extreme self-sacrifice represent a valid paradigm to capture what makes typical individuals fuse with others? Probably not, because they can be viewed as aberrant phenomena. To understand the origins and mechanisms of human social fusion, one should first look at the development of babies and young children. Typical development represents the best alternative to Whitehouse's extreme model of social fusion.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e215
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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