Maternal oxytocin response predicts mother-to-infant gaze

Brain Research

Volumn 1580, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-142

  Kim, Sohye ^a,b   Fonagy, Peter ^a,c   Koos, Orsolya ^d   Dorsett, Kimberly ^a,f   Strathearn, Lane ^a,b,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

^e TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress; Engagement; Mother to infant gaze; Mothering; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL PLASMA; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTHER TO INFANT GAZE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; TIME; BLOOD; EYE MOVEMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; OCULOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OXYTOCIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907683265     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.10.050     Document Type: Article

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