Brain responses to emotional infant faces in new mothers and nulliparous women

• Main Authors: Zhang, Kaihua, Rigo, Paola, Su, Xueyun, Wang, Mengxing, Chen, Zhong, Esposito, Gianluca, Putnick, Diane L., Bornstein, Marc H., Du, Xiaoxia
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Infant; Mother
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143229
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The experience of motherhood is one of the most salient events in a woman's life. Motherhood is associated with a series of neurophysiological, psychological, and behavioral changes that allow women to better adapt to their new role as mothers. Infants communicate their needs and physiological...