Antenatal and postpartum depression are very common and have significant consequences
for mothers and their children. This review examines which antenatal depression (AD) and …

The quality of the maternal-infant relationship has a significant influence on maternal mental
health and infant well-being, development, and adaptation throughout life. Bonding is a …

Childhood is the time when we forge our first social bonds, first learn how to express and
read basic human emotions, and first make sense of the physical world. In childhood …

Infancy is an easily definable stage of life, based on biological and mental data as well as on
social convention. Infants do not speak, whereas youngsters and adults do; infants creep …

This report coordinates assessments of five types of behavioral responses in new mothers to
their own infants' cries with neurobiological responses in new mothers to their own infants' …

Each day approximately three-quarters of a million adults around the world experience the
pleasures and profits as well as the trials and tribulations of becoming a new parent. Each …

Maternal interactions with young occupy most of the reproductive period for female
mammals and are absolutely essential for offspring survival and development. The …

Research shows that a woman's brain and body undergo drastic changes to support her
transition to parenthood during the perinatal period. The presence of this plasticity suggests …

Infant facial cues play a critical role in eliciting care and nurturance from an adult caregiver.
Using an attentional capture paradigm we investigated attentional processing of adult and …

Both prenatal and postnatal maternal depression are independently associated with an
increased risk of adverse infant development. The impact of postnatal depression on infants …