Toward a neuroscience of interactive parent–infant dyad empathy

In accord with social neuroscience's progression to include interactive experimental paradigms, parents' brains have been activated by emotionally charged infant stimuli – especially of their own infant – including baby cry and picture. More recent research includes the use of brief video...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2013-08, Vol.36 (4), p.438-439
Main Authors: Swain, James E., Konrath, Sara, Dayton, Carolyn J., Finegood, Eric D., Ho, S. Shaun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Babies
Brain
Brain research
Childrearing Practices
Cognition - physiology
College students
Colleges & universities
Emotions
Empathy
Eye contact
Humans
Infants
Interpersonal Relations
Medical imaging
Mirror Neurons - physiology
Mothers
Nervous system
Neurosciences
Open Peer Commentary
Parents
Parents & parenting
Post traumatic stress disorder
Social networks
Social Perception
Social research
Stimuli
Theory of Mind - physiology
Videotape Recordings
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Summary:In accord with social neuroscience's progression to include interactive experimental paradigms, parents' brains have been activated by emotionally charged infant stimuli – especially of their own infant – including baby cry and picture. More recent research includes the use of brief video clips and opportunities for maternal response. Among brain systems important to parenting are those involved in empathy. This research may inform recent studies of decreased societal empathy, offer mechanisms and solutions.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X12002063