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Baby smile response circuits of the parental brain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2010

James E. Swain  and
S. Shaun Ho
James E. Swain
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. jamesswa@med.umich.eduhosh@med.umich.eduhttp://myprofile.cos.com/jameseswain
S. Shaun Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. jamesswa@med.umich.eduhosh@med.umich.eduhttp://myprofile.cos.com/jameseswain
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Abstract

The 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.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 460 - 461
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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