Empathy and stress related neural responses in maternal decision making

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 JUN, 2014, Pages

  Shaun Ho, S ^a   Konrath, Sara ^b,c   Brown, Stephanie ^b,d   Swain, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortisol; Decision making; Empathy; Functional MRI; Hypothalamus; Mothers; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL REACTIVITY INDEX; MATERNAL DECISION MAKING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTING DECISION MAKING TASK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVALUATION TEST; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

EID: 84904985798     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00152     Document Type: Article

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