2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.03.007
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Approaching the biology of human parental attachment: Brain imaging, oxytocin and coordinated assessments of mothers and fathers

Abstract: Brain networks that govern parental response to infant signals have been studied with imaging techniques over the last 15 years. The complex interaction of thoughts and behaviors required for sensitive parenting of offspring enable formation of each individual’s first social bonds and critically shape infants’ behavior. This review concentrates on magnetic resonance imaging experiments which directly examine the brain systems involved in parental responses to infant cues. First, we introduce themes in the lite… Show more

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“…In particular, pregnancy and the first years of a child's life can be an optimal time for the two-generation approach to intervention. Not only is this the period when a child's brain and body are most rapidly developing, it is also a period when a parent's brain undergoes plastic changes to support the parental role (Kim and Bianco 2014;Swain et al 2014). For example, during the first few months of the postpartum period, both new mothers and fathers exhibit structural growth in brain regions including the striatum and prefrontal cortex that support warm and supportive parenting behaviors (Kim et al 2010b;.…”
Section: Suggestions For Policy and Interventionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In particular, pregnancy and the first years of a child's life can be an optimal time for the two-generation approach to intervention. Not only is this the period when a child's brain and body are most rapidly developing, it is also a period when a parent's brain undergoes plastic changes to support the parental role (Kim and Bianco 2014;Swain et al 2014). For example, during the first few months of the postpartum period, both new mothers and fathers exhibit structural growth in brain regions including the striatum and prefrontal cortex that support warm and supportive parenting behaviors (Kim et al 2010b;.…”
Section: Suggestions For Policy and Interventionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…OT has been shown to be a pivotal neuromodulator of social cognition, empathy, emotion regulation, and motivation within an extensive neural network that is involved in human and non-human mammalian parenting and caregiving (Feldman, 2015a; Rilling, 2013; Rilling and Young, 2014; Swain et al, 2014). This network is comprised of hypothalamic nuclei, importantly the MPOA, the mesocorticolimbic system , which encompasses the amygdala, the hippocampus , the nucleus accumbens (nAcc), the ventral tegmental area (VTA), the pre-frontal cortical regions, the ventral pallidum (Love, 2014; Skuse and Gallagher, 2009; Strathearn, 2011), as well as the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway (Feldman, 2015a).…”
Section: Ot and Early-life Stress (Els) – Role In Shaping Neural Cmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In a study conducted to determine effects of depression on maternal-newborn attachment, Ohoka et al [2] described bonding as "the process of developing a relationship and attachment between mother and newborn child" (p. 631). Swain et al [9] used the term parenting to describe the connection between mother and child. In the study to determine the biological factors that occur during attachment, parenting was explained as "meeting the primal evolutionary needs for survival and continuation of our species, parenting involves interrelated biological, psychological, and behavioral caregiving mechanisms that contribute critically to the first environment the child experiences as a new family member" (p. 79) [9].…”
Section: Defining the Conceptmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Swain et al [9] used the term parenting to describe the connection between mother and child. In the study to determine the biological factors that occur during attachment, parenting was explained as "meeting the primal evolutionary needs for survival and continuation of our species, parenting involves interrelated biological, psychological, and behavioral caregiving mechanisms that contribute critically to the first environment the child experiences as a new family member" (p. 79) [9]. Additionally, Numan and Young [10] performed a study related to neural mechanisms and the effects on maternal-infant bonding.…”
Section: Defining the Conceptmentioning
confidence: 99%