Neural processing of familiar and unfamiliar children’s faces: effects of experienced love withdrawal, but no effects of neutral and threatening priming.

In the face of a potential threat to his or her child, a parent’s caregiving system becomes activated, motivating the parent to protect and care for the child. However, the neural correlates of these responses are not yet well understood. The current study was a pilot study to investigate the proces...

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Main Authors: Esther eHeckendorf, Renske eHuffmeijer, Marian eBakermans-Kranenburg, Marinus eVan IJzendoorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00231/full