Differential prefrontal response to infant facial emotions in mothers compared with non-mothers

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Nishitani, Shota ^a   Doi, Hirokazu ^a   Koyama, Atsuko ^a   Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotions; Facial expression; Imaging; Maternal behavior; Near infrared spectroscopy; Neuroendocrinology; Prefrontal cortex; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955672040     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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