Parental and romantic attachment shape brain processing of infant cues

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 533-538

  Weisman, Omri ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^a   Goldstein, Abraham ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bonding; ERP; Evolutionary theory; Parenting; Romantic love

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOVE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARENT; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858004820     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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