Myths, drama, and sacred texts have warned against the fragile nature of human love; the
closer the affiliative bond, the quicker it can turn into hatred, suggesting similarities in the …

This study examined potential pathways in the associations between breastfeeding and
mothers' relationship satisfaction, including her satisfaction with father involvement (FI) and …

Genetics, early experience, and culture shape caregiving, but it is still not clear how
genetics, early experiences, and cultural factors might interact to influence specific …

Perceiving potential threat to an infant and responding to it is crucial for offspring survival
and parent–child bonding. Using a combination of functional magnetic resonance imaging …

Dynamic personality approaches provide an important step forward for twenty-first century
personality theories because they promise greater explanatory power compared with latent …

Infant cry is an adaptive signal of distress that elicits timely and mostly appropriate caring
behaviors. Caregivers are typically able to decode the meaning of the cry and respond …

Becoming a parent requires new skills and frequent task switching during daily childcare.
Little is known about the paternal brain during the transition to fatherhood. The present study …

Specific facial features in infants automatically elicit attention, affection, and nurturing
behaviour of adults, known as the baby schema effect. There is also an innate tendency to …

Adult attachment style is a key for understanding emotion regulation and feelings of security
in human interactions as well as for the construction of the caregiving system. The …

The ability to interpret and regulate emotions relies on experiences of emotional
socialization, obtained firstly through the interaction with the parents, and on genetic …