The maternal brain and its plasticity in humans

P Kim, L Strathearn, JE Swain - Hormones and behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Early mother–infant relationships play
important roles in infants' optimal development. New mothers undergo neurobiological …

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 …

The distancing-embracing model of the enjoyment of negative emotions in art reception

W Menninghaus, V Wagner, J Hanich… - Behavioral and Brain …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Why are negative emotions so central in art reception far beyond tragedy? Revisiting
classical aesthetics in the light of recent psychological research, we present a novel model …

[HTML][HTML] The neuroscience of social feelings: mechanisms of adaptive social functioning

PJ Eslinger, S Anders, T Ballarini, S Boutros… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Social feelings have conceptual and empirical connections with affect and emotion. In this
review, we discuss how they relate to cognition, emotion, behavior and well-being. We …

A neurobehavioral model of affiliative bonding: Implications for conceptualizing a human trait of affiliation

RA Depue, JV Morrone-Strupinsky - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2005 - cambridge.org
primate research suggests that affiliation is a highly complex construct. studies of primate
affiliation demonstrate the need to distinguish between various affiliative behaviors, consider …

Evolving the future: Toward a science of intentional change

DS Wilson, SC Hayes, A Biglan… - Behavioral and Brain …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Humans possess great capacity for behavioral and cultural change, but our ability to
manage change is still limited. This article has two major objectives: first, to sketch a basic …

[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 …

Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry

MH Bornstein, DL Putnick, P Rigo… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
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' …

In search of neural endophenotypes of postpartum psychopathology and disrupted maternal caregiving

EL Moses‐Kolko, MS Horner… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This is a selective review that provides the context for the study of perinatal affective disorder
mechanisms and outlines directions for future research. We integrate existing literature …

The human parental brain: In vivo neuroimaging

JE Swain - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Interacting parenting thoughts and behaviors, supported by key brain circuits, critically
shape human infants' current and future behavior. Indeed, the parent–infant relationship …