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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doaj-d5b586a6e6c247f1a0f093ae436500e82020-12-17T04:47:24ZengElsevierNeuroImage1095-95722021-01-01225117527Development of the paternal brain in expectant fathers during early pregnancyFrançoise Diaz-Rojas0Michiko Matsunaga1Yukari Tanaka2Takefumi Kikusui3Kazutaka Mogi4Miho Nagasawa5Kohei Asano6Nobuhito Abe7Masako Myowa8Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Corresponding author.Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanGraduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanSchool of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Kanagawa, JapanSchool of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Kanagawa, JapanSchool of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Kanagawa, JapanKokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Osaka University of Comprehensive Children Education, Osaka, JapanKokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanGraduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Corresponding author.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 pregnancy, when and how the paternal brain networks begin to form remains unclear. Thus, using functional MRI, we examined brain activation in response to infant-interaction videos in two groups, childless males and first-time expectant fathers during their partners’ early pregnancy before remarkable changes in their partners’ appearances commenced. Multivoxel pattern analysis revealed that expectant fathers’ left anterior insula and inferior frontal gyrus showed incipient changes in response to parenthood during early pregnancy. Furthermore, these changes were associated with several paternal traits, such as a negative image toward parenting. Such external factors might influence the paternal brain's development during early pregnancy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920310120 |
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Françoise Diaz-Rojas Michiko Matsunaga Yukari Tanaka Takefumi Kikusui Kazutaka Mogi Miho Nagasawa Kohei Asano Nobuhito Abe Masako Myowa Development of the paternal brain in expectant fathers during early pregnancy NeuroImage |
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Françoise Diaz-Rojas Michiko Matsunaga Yukari Tanaka Takefumi Kikusui Kazutaka Mogi Miho Nagasawa Kohei Asano Nobuhito Abe Masako Myowa |
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Development of the paternal brain in expectant fathers during early pregnancy |
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Development of the paternal brain in expectant fathers during early pregnancy |
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development of the paternal brain in expectant fathers during early pregnancy |
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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 pregnancy, when and how the paternal brain networks begin to form remains unclear. Thus, using functional MRI, we examined brain activation in response to infant-interaction videos in two groups, childless males and first-time expectant fathers during their partners’ early pregnancy before remarkable changes in their partners’ appearances commenced. Multivoxel pattern analysis revealed that expectant fathers’ left anterior insula and inferior frontal gyrus showed incipient changes in response to parenthood during early pregnancy. Furthermore, these changes were associated with several paternal traits, such as a negative image toward parenting. Such external factors might influence the paternal brain's development during early pregnancy. |
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