Parental Brain Conference 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodi L. Pawluski ◽  
Frances A. Champagne ◽  
Oliver J. Bosch
Keyword(s):  
Parental Brain

scholarly journals What's in a baby-cry? Locationist and constructionist frameworks in parental brain responses

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Swain ◽  
S. Shaun Ho
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Endocrine Effects ◽  
Brain Responses ◽  
Unique Model ◽  
Picture Stimuli ◽  
Parental Brain

AbstractParental brain responses to baby stimuli constitute a unique model to study brain-basis frameworks of emotion. Results for baby-cry and picture stimuli may fit with both locationist and psychological constructionist hypotheses. Furthermore, the utility of either model may depend on postpartum timing and relationship. Endocrine effects may also be critical for accurate models to assess mental health risk and treatment.

scholarly journals Gradient Theories of Brain Activation: a Novel Application to Studying the Parental Brain

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
Helena J. V. Rutherford ◽  
Jiansong Xu ◽  
Patrick D. Worhunsky ◽  
Rubin Zhang ◽  
Sarah W. Yip ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Activation ◽  
Gradient Theories ◽  
Parental Brain

scholarly journals The Paternal Transition Entails Neuroanatomic Adaptations that are Associated with the Father’s Brain Response to his Infant Cues

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
María Paternina-Die ◽  
Magdalena Martínez-García ◽  
Clara Pretus ◽  
Elseline Hoekzema ◽  
Erika Barba-Müller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Activity ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Brain Response ◽  
Paternal Behavior ◽  
Cortical Volume ◽  
Brain Responses ◽  
First Time ◽  
Infant Cues ◽  
Parental Brain

Abstract The transition into fatherhood is a life-changing event that requires substantial psychological adaptations. In families that include a father figure, sensitive paternal behavior has been shown to positively impact the infant’s development. Yet, studies exploring the neuroanatomic adaptations of men in their transition into fatherhood are scarce. The present study used surface-based methods to reanalyze a previously published prospective magnetic resonance imaging dataset comprised of 20 first-time fathers (preconception-to-postpartum) and 17 childless men. We tested if the transition into fatherhood entailed changes in cortical volume, thickness, and area and whether these changes were related to 2 indicators of paternal experience. Specifically, we tested if such changes were associated with (1) the baby’s age and/or (2) the fathers’ brain activity in response to pictures of their babies compared with an unknown baby. Results indicated that first-time fathers exhibited a significant reduction in cortical volume and thickness of the precuneus. Moreover, higher volume reduction and cortical thinning were associated with stronger brain responses to pictures of their own baby in parental brain regions. This is the first study showing preconception-to-postpartum neuroanatomical adaptations in first-time fathers associated with the father’s brain response to cues of his infant.

scholarly journals Effects of opioids on the parental brain in health and disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 100766 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Swain ◽  
S. Shaun Ho ◽  
Helen Fox ◽  
David Garry ◽  
Susanne Brummelte
Keyword(s):  
Health And Disease ◽  
Parental Brain

Plasticity of the Parental Brain: A Case for Neurogenesis

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 984-993 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Lévy ◽  
G. Gheusi ◽  
M. Keller
Keyword(s):  
Parental Brain

Baby smile response circuits of the parental brain

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 460-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Swain ◽  
S. Shaun Ho
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Brain Responses ◽  
Parental Brain

AbstractThe parent-infant dyad, characterized by contingent social interactions that develop over the first three months postpartum, may depend heavily on parental brain responses to the infant, including the capacity to smile. A range of brain regions may subserve this social key function in parents and contribute to similar capacities in normal infants, capacities that may go awry in circumstances of reduced care.

Parental Brain: The Crucible of Compassion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Swain ◽  
Shao-Hsuan Shaun Ho
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Parenting Behaviors ◽  
Parenting Behavior ◽  
Emotional Connection ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Reflective Awareness ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
Parental Brain

All infants rely on parenting behaviors that provide what they need to be healthy. As “compassion” can be defined as feelings that are elicited by perceiving someone else’s suffering with a desire to help (Goetz, Keltner, & Simon-Thomas, 2010), parenting behavior in concert with compassion towards a child can be defined as “compassionate parenting.” A child who has received compassionate parenting will tend to provide compassionate parenting to his or her own offspring, and possibly to unrelated others. We postulate that compassionate parenting should have the following characteristics: (1) effective care-giving behaviors (behavioral contingency), (2) parental emotions that are coherent and connected with child’s emotions (emotional connection), and (3) awareness of own and other’s cognitions and emotions and other environmental factors (reflective awareness). In this chapter, a body of literature in neurobiological mechanisms underlying parenting is selectively reviewed in reference to the behavioral, emotional, and cognitive aspects of compassionate parenting.

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