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

S Atzil, T Hendler, O Zagoory-Sharon… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Research on the neurobiology of parenting has defined biobehavioral
synchrony, the coordination of biological and behavioral responses between parent and …

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
The mother–infant bond provides the foundation for the infant's future mental health and
adaptation and depends on the provision of species-typical maternal behaviors that are …

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
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Mother–infant brain-to-brain synchrony patterns reflect caregiving profiles

Y Endevelt-Shapira, R Feldman - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biobehavioral synchrony, the coordination of physiological and behavioral signals between
mother and infant during social contact, tunes the child's brain to the social world. Probing …

Oxytocin and vasopressin support distinct configurations of social synchrony

Y Apter-Levi, O Zagoory-Sharon, R Feldman - Brain research, 2014 - Elsevier
Social synchrony–the coordination of behavior between interacting partners during social
contact–is learned within the parent-infant bond and appears in a unique form in mothers …

Oxytocin and social affiliation in humans

R Feldman - Hormones and behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
A conceptual model detailing the process of bio-behavioral synchrony between the online
physiological and behavioral responses of attachment partners during social contact is …

Developmental consequences and biological significance of mother–infant bonding

K Mogi, M Nagasawa, T Kikusui - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology …, 2011 - Elsevier
Mother–infant bonding is universal to all mammalian species. Here, we review how mutual
communication between the mother and infant leads to mother–infant bonding in non …

Network integrity of the parental brain in infancy supports the development of children's social competencies

E Abraham, T Hendler… - Social cognitive and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The cross-generational transmission of mammalian sociality, initiated by the parent's
postpartum brain plasticity and species-typical behavior that buttress offspring's …

[HTML][HTML] Oxytocin and mutual communication in mother-infant bonding

M Nagasawa, S Okabe, K Mogi… - Frontiers in human …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Mother-infant bonding is universal to all mammalian species. In this review, we describe the
manner in which reciprocal communication between the mother and infant leads to mother …

[HTML][HTML] Brain basis of early parent–infant interactions: psychology, physiology, and in vivo functional neuroimaging studies

JE Swain, JP Lorberbaum, S Kose… - Journal of child …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Parenting behavior critically shapes human infants' current and future behavior. The parent–
infant relationship provides infants with their first social experiences, forming templates of …