A face a mother could love: Depression-related maternal neural responses to infant emotion faces

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-239

  Laurent, Heidemarie K ^a   Ablow, Jennifer C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Faces; fMRI; Infant; Maternal depression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BRAIN; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS;

EID: 84876116035     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.762039     Document Type: Article

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