While social interaction between a mother and her child has been found to play an important
role in the child's committed compliance, the underlying neurocognitive process remains …

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 has triggered a worldwide epidemic emergency which is
an international concern given that it poses several challenges to physical and mental …

During the early postpartum period, mothers exhibit increased amygdala responses to
positive infant expressions, which are important for positive mother-infant relationships …

Background: Dyadic interactions between children and depressed mothers have been
characterized as less synchronous and with lower maternal sensitivity, fostering an …

Positive emotion regulation, that is, upregulating, maintaining, and savoring positive
emotions, also bears the potential to counteract and thus mitigate negative affect. In this …

Background Oxytocin, cortisol, and testosterone are involved in the processing of reward
and stress and greatly influence mother-child interactions. Altered hormonal systems have …

The transition to motherhood, and the resultant experience of caregiving, may change the
way women respond to affective, infant signals in their environments. Nonhuman animal …

Texting has become one of the most prevalent ways to interact socially, particularly among
youth; however, the effects of text messaging on social brain functioning are unknown …

The relationships infants and young children have with their caregivers are fundamental to
their survival and well-being. Theorists and researchers across disciplines have attempted …

In the first year of life, the ability to engage in sustained synchronous interactions develops
as infants learn to match social partner behaviors and sequentially regulate their behaviors …