Network integrity of the parental brain in infancy supports the development of children's social competencies

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1707-1718

  Abraham, Eyal ^a   Hendler, Talma ^b,c   Zagoory Sharon, Orna ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^a,d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied simulation; Mentalizing; Oxytocin; Parent infant synchrony; Parental brain

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIALIZATION; THEORY OF MIND;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXYTOCIN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF-CONTROL; SOCIAL SKILLS; SOCIALIZATION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84996865536     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsw090     Document Type: Article

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