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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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“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).”
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“For these women, there was significant activation in the “own” versus “unknown” infant comparison in the left amygdala and temporal pole.”
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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
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- FWCI
- 3.19
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › 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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