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Differential sex-independent amygdala response to infant crying and laughing in parents versus nonparents

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Background Animal and human studies implicate forebrain neural circuits in maternal behavior. Here, we hypothesized that human brain response to emotional stimuli relevant for social interactions between infants and adults are modulated by sex- and experience-dependent factors.Methods We used functional magnetic resonance imaging and examined brain response to infant crying and laughing in mothers and fathers of young children and in women and men without children.Results Women but not men, independent of their parental status, showed neural deactivation in the anterior cingulate cortex, as indexed by decreased blood oxygenation level-dependent signal, in response to both infant crying and laughing. The response pattern changed fundamentally with parental experience: in the amygdala and interconnected limbic regions, parents (independent of sex) showed stronger activation from crying, whereas nonparents showed stronger activation from laughing.Conclusions Our data show sex- and experience-dependent modulation of brain response to infant vocalizations. Successful recognition and evaluation of infant vocalizations can be critical for bonding mechanisms and for offspring well-being and survival. Thus, the modulation of responses by experience seems to represent an adaptive mechanism that can be related to reproductive fitness.

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  1. Leger, 1996, Adult perception of emotion intensity in human infant cries, Child Dev, 67, 3238

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Authors
Seifritz, E., Esposito, F., Neuhoff, J. G., Lüthi, A., Mustovic, H., Dammann, G., von Bardeleben, U., Radue, E. W., Cirillo, S., Tedeschi, G., & Di Salle, F.
Affiliations
  • University of Basel (CH)
  • University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
  • College of Wooster (US)
Corresponding author
Seifritz, Erich
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2003-12
Volume
54
Issue
12
Pages
1367-1375
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1967601351
Cited by
373
References
68
Citations by year
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FWCI
25.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Health and Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
amygdala, infant crying, infant laughter, parental experiences, sex differences, maternal behavior, anterior cingulate cortex, neural deactivation, infant vocalizations, parent-infant bonding, limbic system, reproductive fitness
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Amygdala, Child, Preschool, Crying, Female, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Infant, Functional Laterality, Laughter, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Sex Characteristics, Time Factors

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