Infant stimuli elicit widespread neural and behavioral response in human adults, and such
massive allocation of resources attests to the evolutionary significance of the primary …

Parents and children mutually influence each other's behavior, but little work has examined
how parent–child dyads influence one another's physiological responding under conditions …

The cerebral cortex is the brain's outermost layer. It is responsible for processing motor and
sensory information that support high-level cognitive abilities and shape personality. Its …

The complex process of regulating physiological functions and homeostasis during external
and internal disruptions develops slowly in altricial species, with parental care functioning as …

Social cognition researchers have become increasingly interested in the ways that
behavioral, physiological, and neural coupling facilitate social interaction and interpersonal …

Cooperation is a social behavior crucial for the survival of many species, including humans.
Several experimental paradigms have been established to study cooperative behavior and …

Despite a recent surge in research examining parent–child neural similarity using fMRI,
there remains a need for further investigation into how such similarity may play a role in …

In this chapter, we explore parenting and family stress as foundations for the differential
development of coping during childhood and adolescence, and describe several ways in …

Recent research suggests that parent-child interactions influence children's brain
development, both in terms of structure and function. However, the neurobiological …

Allomothering, the caregiving to offspring by adults other than the biological mother
including fathers and other group members, has characterized human societies throughout …