Differential prefrontal response to infant facial emotions in mothers compared with non-mothers
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A considerable body of research has focused on neural responses evoked by emotional facial expressions, but little is known about mother-specific brain responses to infant facial emotions. We used near-infrared spectroscopy to investigate prefrontal activity during discriminating facial expressions of happy, angry, sad, fearful, surprised and neutral of unfamiliar infants and unfamiliar adults by 14 mothers and 14 age-matched females who have never been pregnant (non-mothers). Our results revealed that discriminating infant facial emotions increased the relative oxyHb concentration in mothers' right prefrontal cortex but not in their left prefrontal cortex, compared with each side of the prefrontal cortices of non-mothers. However, there was no difference between mothers and non-mothers in right or left prefrontal cortex activation while viewing adult facial expressions. These results suggest that the right prefrontal cortex is involved in human maternal behavior concerning infant facial emotion discrimination.
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Once parenthood is established, greater specialization of the brain occurs, with right-sided lateralization in the prefrontal cortex for emotional discrimination of infant relative to adult faces (Nishitani et al., 2011).
“Once parenthood is established, data further indicate that greater specialization of the brain occurs with for example a right–sided lateralization in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) for emotional discrimination of infant relative to adult faces (Nishitani et al., 2011)”
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- Authors
- Nishitani, S., Doi, H., Koyama, A., & Shinohara, K.
- Affiliations
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Shinohara, Kazuyuki
- Venue
- Neuroscience Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-06
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 183-188
- ISSN
- 0168-0102 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2063435542
- Cited by
- 65
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Neuroscience Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) (acceptedVersion)
- Nagasaki University's Academic Output SITE (Nagasaki University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- infant facial expressions, maternal behavior, right prefrontal cortex, prefrontal cortex activation, oxyhemoglobin concentration
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Child, Preschool, Emotions, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Maternal Behavior, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Prefrontal Cortex, Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared, Young Adult
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