Regional brain responses in nulliparous women to emotional infant stimuli.

Infant cries and facial expressions influence social interactions and elicit caretaking behaviors from adults. Recent neuroimaging studies suggest that neural responses to infant stimuli involve brain regions that process rewards. However, these studies have yet to investigate individual differences...

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Main Authors: Jessica L Montoya, Nicole Landi, Hedy Kober, Patrick D Worhunsky, Helena J V Rutherford, W Einar Mencl, Linda C Mayes, Marc N Potenza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3349667?pdf=render