This review aims to summarize the diverse proposed pathophysiological mechanisms
contributing to postpartum depression, highlighting both clinical and basic science research …

Emotion regulation, defined as the capacity to influence one's experience and expression of
emotion, is a complex skill now recognized to evolve throughout the lifetime. Here we …

The latest groundbreaking, interdisciplinary work from one of our most eloquent and
significant writers about emotion and the brain. An exploration into the adaptive functions of …

Although interest in the neurobiology of parent–infant bonding is a century old,
neuroimaging of the human parental brain is recent. After summarizing current comparative …

Ten to twenty percent of postpartum women experience anxiety or depressive disorders,
which can have detrimental effects on the mother, child, and family. Little is known about the …

Background Mother-to-infant bonding is defined as the emotional tie experienced by a
mother towards her child, which is considered to be important for the socio-emotional …

This highly influential work--now in a revised and expanded third edition incorporating major
advances in the field--gives clinicians, educators, and students a new understanding of what …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Early mother–infant relationships play
important roles in infants' optimal development. New mothers undergo neurobiological …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period involve numerous physiological adaptations that
enable the development and survival of the offspring. A distinct neural plasticity …

Brain networks that govern parental response to infant signals have been studied with
imaging techniques over the last 15 years. The complex interaction of thoughts and …