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 …

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

Although interest in the neurobiology of parent–infant bonding is a century old,
neuroimaging of the human parental brain is recent. After summarizing current comparative …

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”. Becoming a parent is arguably the
most profound transforming experience in life. It is also inherently very emotionally and …

An attachment specialist and a clinical psychologist with neurobiology expertise team up to
explore the brain science behind parenting. In this groundbreaking exploration of the brain …

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 …

Brain networks that govern parental response to infant signals have been studied with
imaging techniques over the last 15 years. The complex interaction of thoughts and …

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 …

Human infants need prolonged, intensive caregiving to survive and thrive. Human infants'
dependency is unlike many other newborn animals that are mobile shortly after birth …