Development of the paternal brain in expectant fathers during early pregnancy

The human parenting brain network mediates caregiving behaviors. When exposed to the stimuli of their infants, compared with non-parents, both fathers and mothers exhibit distinct patterns of neural activation. As human males, relative to females, do not undergo robust physiological changes during p...

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Main Authors: Françoise Diaz-Rojas, Michiko Matsunaga, Yukari Tanaka, Takefumi Kikusui, Kazutaka Mogi, Miho Nagasawa, Kohei Asano, Nobuhito Abe, Masako Myowa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:NeuroImage
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920310120