Father's brain is sensitive to childcare experiences

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 9792-9797

  Abraham, Eyal ^a   Hendler, Talma ^b,c   Shapira Lichter, Irit ^b,d   Kanat Maymon, Yaniv ^e   Zagoory Sharon, Orna ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging   (Israel)

^c Tel Aviv Sourasky   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Mothering; Parent infant interaction; Social brain; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FATHER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

ALLOPARENTAL CARE; MOTHERING; PARENT-INFANT INTERACTION; SOCIAL BRAIN; TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD;

BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84903977470     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402569111     Document Type: Article

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