Motherhood and oxytocin receptor genetic variation are associated with selective changes in electrocortical responses to infant facial expressions

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 469-477

  Peltola, Mikko J ^a,b   Yrttiaho, Santeri ^a   Puura, Kaija ^a,c   Proverbio, Alice Mado ^d   Mononen, Nina ^a,c   Lehtimäki, Terho ^a,c   Leppänen, Jukka M ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Facial expressions; Motherhood; Oxytocin receptor gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; EMOTION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR GENE; WAVEFORM; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901782509     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035959     Document Type: Article

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