The neural basis of maternal responsiveness to infants: an fMRI study
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Using fMRI, we examined the neural correlates of maternal responsiveness. Ten healthy mothers viewed alternating blocks of video: (i) 40 s of their own infant; (ii) 20 s of a neutral video; (iii) 40 s of an unknown infant and (iv) 20 s of neutral video, repeated 4 times. Predominant BOLD signal change to the contrasts of infants minus neutral stimulus occurred in bilateral visual processing regions (BA 19,21,37,38); to own infant minus unknown infant in right anterior temporal pole (BA 38), left amygdala and visual cortex (BA 19), and to the unknown infant minus own infant contrast in bilateral orbitofrontal cortex (BA 10,47) and medial prefrontal cortex (BA 8) [corrected] These findings suggest that amygdala and temporal pole may be key sites in mediating a mother's response to her infant and reaffirms their importance in face emotion processing and social behaviour.
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The amygdala is strongly activated in some studies but deactivated in another.
“The amygdala, for example, is strongly activated in some studies (20;23), but deactivated in another (22).”
From What’s in a smile? Maternal brain responses to infant facial cues (2008) · cites this paper as [20]
Some maternal response studies have failed to show striatal activation.
“However, some maternal response studies have failed to show striatal activation (20;21), among other important differences.”
From What’s in a smile? Maternal brain responses to infant facial cues (2008) · cites this paper as [20]
Human mothers showed a greater activity of response in the midbrain, periaqueductal grey and striatum, OFC, medial prefrontal, anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula and precuneus to their own- versus other-baby pictures or videos.
“Indeed, human mothers showed a greater activity of response in the midbrain, periaqueductal grey and striatum, OFC, medial prefrontal, anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula and precuneus to their own- versus other-baby pictures (20,44) or videos (19,57).”
From Neuroendocrinology of Parental Response to Baby‐Cry (2011) · cites this paper as [57]
Ranote et al. (2004) found significant activation in left amygdala and temporal pole for own versus unknown infant video in ten healthy mothers.
“For these women, there was significant activation in the “own” versus “unknown” infant comparison in the left amygdala and temporal pole.”
From The human parental brain: In vivo neuroimaging (2011) · cites this paper as Ranote et al., 2004
In 10 healthy mothers viewing alternating 40-second blocks of own neutral and unknown infant video, significant activation was reported in the left amygdala and temporal pole for own vs unknown infant comparison (Ranote et al., 2004).
“They reported significant activation in “own” versus “unknown” infant comparison in the left amygdala and temporal pole”
From Approaching the biology of human parental attachment: Brain imaging, oxytocin and coordinated assessments of mothers and fathers (2014) · cites this paper as Ranote et al., 2004
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- Authors
- Ranote, S., Elliott, R., Abel, K. M., Mitchell, R., Deakin, J. F. W., & Appleby, L.
- Affiliations
- Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Venue
- NeuroReport
- Published
- 2004-08-06
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1825-1829
- ISSN
- 0959-4965 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2171654333
- Cited by
- 167
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 14
- FWCI
- 3.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neuroreport (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- CentAUR (University of Reading) (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
- 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
- maternal responsiveness, mother-infant interaction, infant face processing, amygdala, anterior temporal pole, orbitofrontal cortex, medial prefrontal cortex, visual cortex, social behavior, neural correlates
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Brain, Emotions, Female, Humans, Infant, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Maternal Behavior, Photic Stimulation, Video Recording
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