Understanding the human parental brain: A critical role of the orbitofrontal cortex

A face a mother could love: Depression-related maternal neural responses to infant emotion faces

(2013) Heidemarie K. Laurent et al.   Social Neuroscience

Electrophysiological responses in mothers to their own and unfamiliar child’s gaze information

(2012) Hirokazu Doi et al.   BRAIN AND COGNITION

Species-specific response to human infant faces in the premotor cortex

(2012) Andrea Caria et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Rethinking the Emotional Brain

(2012) Joseph LeDoux   NEURON

The functional human neuroanatomy of food pleasure cycles

(2012) Morten L. Kringelbach et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Regional Brain Responses in Nulliparous Women to Emotional Infant Stimuli

(2012) Jessica L. Montoya et al.   PLoS One

The Power of Kawaii: Viewing Cute Images Promotes a Careful Behavior and Narrows Attentional Focus

(2012) Hiroshi Nittono et al.   PLoS One

Investigating the impact of parental status and depression symptoms on the early perceptual coding of infant faces: An event-related potential study

(2012) Laura K. Noll et al.   Social Neuroscience

Listening to infant distress vocalizations enhances effortful motor performance

(2011) Christine E Parsons et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Is It a Baby? Perceived Age Affects Brain Processing of Faces Differently in Women and Men

(2011) Alice Mado Proverbio et al.   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

No Laughing Matter: Intranasal Oxytocin Administration Changes Functional Brain Connectivity during Exposure to Infant Laughter

(2011) Madelon M E Riem et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Differential prefrontal response to infant facial emotions in mothers compared with non-mothers

(2011) Shota Nishitani et al.   NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

The Motivational Salience of Infant Faces Is Similar for Men and Women

(2011) Christine E. Parsons et al.   PLoS One

The Effect of Cleft Lip on Adults' Responses to Faces: Cross-Species Findings

(2011) Christine E. Parsons et al.   PLoS One

Oxytocin decreases handgrip force in reaction to infant crying in females without harsh parenting experiences

(2011) Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Maternal affect and quality of parenting experiences are related to amygdala response to infant faces

(2011) Jennifer Barrett et al.   Social Neuroscience

The Role of Oxytocin in Mother-Infant Relations: A Systematic Review of Human Studies

(2011) Megan Galbally et al.   HARVARD REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY

Abnormally Reduced Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortical Activity and Effective Connectivity With Amygdala in Response to Negative Emotional Faces in Postpartum Depression

(2010) Eydie L. Moses-Kolko et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

The plasticity of human maternal brain: Longitudinal changes in brain anatomy during the early postpartum period.

(2010) Pilyoung Kim et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

How to Regulate Emotion? Neural Networks for Reappraisal and Distraction

(2010) Philipp Kanske et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Prenatal and Postpartum Depression in Fathers and Its Association With Maternal Depression

(2010) James F. Paulson et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Annual Research Review: All mothers are not created equal: neural and psychobiological perspectives on mothering and the importance of individual differences

(2010) Jennifer Barrett et al.   JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

The Challenge of Translation in Social Neuroscience: A Review of Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Affiliative Behavior

(2010) Thomas R. Insel   NEURON

The functional neuroanatomy of the evolving parent–infant relationship

(2010) C.E. Parsons et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Amygdala responses to positively and negatively valenced baby faces in healthy female volunteers: Influences of individual differences in harm avoidance

(2009) Chris Baeken et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Female and male responses to cuteness, age and emotion in infant faces

(2009) Janek S. Lobmaier et al.   EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and the Childhood Roots of Health Disparities

(2009) Jack P. Shonkoff et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Evolution of the neocortex: a perspective from developmental biology

(2009) Pasko Rakic   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Adult Attachment Predicts Maternal Brain and Oxytocin Response to Infant Cues

(2009) Lane Strathearn et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The social brain: allowing humans to boldly go where no other species has been

(2009) U. Frith et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Gender Differences in the Motivational Processing of Babies Are Determined by Their Facial Attractiveness

(2009) Rinah Yamamoto et al.   PLoS One

Baby schema modulates the brain reward system in nulliparous women

(2009) M. L. Glocker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The NimStim set of facial expressions: Judgments from untrained research participants

(2009) Nim Tottenham et al.   PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

Towards a functional neuroanatomy of pleasure and happiness

(2009) Morten L. Kringelbach et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

A common neurobiology for pain and pleasure

(2008) Siri Leknes et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

A framework for studying the neurobiology of value-based decision making

(2008) Antonio Rangel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

What's in a Smile? Maternal Brain Responses to Infant Facial Cues

(2008) L. Strathearn et al.   PEDIATRICS

A Specific and Rapid Neural Signature for Parental Instinct

(2008) Morten L. Kringelbach et al.   PLoS One

Neural activation to babyfaced men matches activation to babies

(2008) Leslie A. Zebrowitz et al.   Social Neuroscience

The Functional Neuroanatomy of Maternal Love: Mother’s Response to Infant’s Attachment Behaviors

(2007) Madoka Noriuchi et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY