Approaching the biology of human parental attachment: Brain imaging, oxytocin and coordinated assessments of mothers and fathers

JE Swain, P Kim, J Spicer, SS Ho, CJ Dayton… - Brain research, 2014 - Elsevier
… of human parental brain imaging in mothers and fathers. More specifically, we focus on the
interpretation of brain-… First, we selectively review the psychological and imaging evidence of …

The neurobiology of mammalian parenting and the biosocial context of human caregiving

R Feldman - Hormones and behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
… The oxytocin system incorporates conserved and human-… of this approach-avoidance conflict
in humans may help … Measuring plasma OT and AVP in mothers and fathers, we found that …

Synchrony and specificity in the maternal and the paternal brain: relations to oxytocin and vasopressin

S Atzil, T Hendler, O Zagoory-Sharon… - … Academy of Child & …, 2012 - Elsevier
… whether mothers and fathers would synchronize their brain … of no study assessing the
time-locked coordination of brain … that used an exploratory approach at a whole-brain level with …

Evidence for a neuroendocrinological foundation of human affiliation: plasma oxytocin levels across pregnancy and the postpartum period predict mother-infant …

R Feldman, A Weller, O Zagoory-Sharon… - Psychological …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
… We assessed the mothers' cognitive representations with the … the role of OT in fathers or in
mothers at risk for poor bonding, … the biological foundation of early human attachment under …

Oxytocin and social affiliation in humans

R Feldman - Hormones and behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
… Guided by an ethological behavior-based approach, we suggest … assessing OT in first-time
fathers, we observed 160 mothers … and child are all in physical contact and coordinate their …

The social neuroendocrinology of human parenting

R Feldman - Handbook of parenting, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
… to the ancient oxytocin system, which supports parenting, group … This approach accords
with the view that in humans the … We next followed first-time mothers and fathers from the first …

[HTML][HTML] Specifying the neurobiological basis of human attachment: brain, hormones, and behavior in synchronous and intrusive mothers

S Atzil, T Hendler, R Feldman - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2011 - nature.com
… Here, we describe the coordinated functioning of these three … cues on Oxytocin levels (if
sampled after imaging). Plasma … The father's data would have been important to shed light on …

The neural basis of human fatherhood: a unique biocultural perspective on plasticity of brain and behavior

E Abraham, R Feldman - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2022 - Springer
… Mechanisms of mother-father coparental brain coordination … , and activated brain circuits
implicated in empathy and approachMRI study of 35 white American mothers and fathers, gray …

[HTML][HTML] Oxytocin and early parent-infant interactions: A systematic review

N Scatliffe, S Casavant, D Vittner, X Cong - International journal of nursing …, 2019 - Elsevier
… of coordination in parents' brain reactivity was assessed. … -infant bond shapes child's
affiliative biology and social … , baseline oxytocin levels did not differ between mothers or fathers, …

The neurobiology of human attachments

R Feldman - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2017 - cell.com
… Bonding is underpinned by crosstalk of oxytocin and … with new tools available for human
research – brain imaging, … from the parent–infant attachment (most intense color) to humans