Behavioral and genetic correlates of the neural response to infant crying among human fathers

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1704-1712

  Mascaro, Jennifer S ^a,b   Hackett, Patrick D ^a   Gouzoules, Harold ^a   Lori, Adriana ^b   Rilling, James K ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Anterior insula; Empathy; Fathers; FMRI; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ATTITUDE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRYING; EMOTION; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYING; EMOTIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SELF REPORT; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928657024     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst166     Document Type: Article

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