| Literature DB >> 25242285 |
G Esposito1, S Valenzi2, T Islam3, C Mash4, M H Bornstein5.
Abstract
Infant faces elicit caregiving in adults. In previous research on brain responses to images of infant faces, the faces were unknown to participants. This study investigated EEG in primiparous mothers of 3- to 6-month-old infants viewing their own infant's face compared to an unfamiliar but appearance-matched infant's face. Spectral power was calculated and compared, and power at three EEG bands (delta, theta, and gamma) was found to differ between faces. Brain responses among primiparous mothers distinguish images of their own versus unfamiliar infants.Entities:
Keywords: Infant face; Mother–infant interaction
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25242285 PMCID: PMC4366358 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.09.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Brain Res ISSN: 0166-4328 Impact factor: 3.332