This book presents cutting edge research on the basic neurobiology of parental behavior as
it relates to behavioral disorders, including postpartum depression, anxiety, and inadequate …

With the growing involvement of fathers in childrearing and the application of neuroscientific
tools to research on parenting, there is a need to understand how a father's brain and …

The Parental Brain: Mechanisms, Development, and Evolution presents a comprehensive
analysis of how the brain regulates parental behavior in nonhuman animals and in humans …

Interacting parenting thoughts and behaviors, supported by key brain circuits, critically
shape human infants' current and future behavior. Indeed, the parent–infant relationship …

Parenting recruits a distributed network of brain structures (and neuromodulators) that
coordinates caregiving responses attuned to the young's affect, needs, and developmental …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Early mother–infant relationships play
important roles in infants' optimal development. New mothers undergo neurobiological …

As any new parent knows, having a baby provides opportunities for enrichment, learning
and stress–experiences known to change the adult brain. Yet surprisingly little is known …

The bond between a parent and an infant often appears to form effortlessly and intuitively,
and this relationship is fundamental to infant survival and development. Parenting is …

Parental caregiving includes a set of highly conserved set of behaviors and mental states
that may reflect both an individual's genetic endowment and the early experience of being …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Becoming a parent is arguably the
most profound transforming experience in life. It is also inherently very emotionally and …