Profound environmental, hormonal, and neurobiological changes mark the transition to
motherhood as a major biosocial life event. Despite the ubiquity of motherhood, the …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Research on the neurobiology of
attachment, pioneered by scholars in the generation that followed the discovery of social …

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

This new edition of the bestselling text, Nurturing Natures, provides an indispensable
synthesis of the latest scientific knowledge about children's emotional development …

Highlights•The expression of parenting in both human and non-human mammals is affected
by hormones.•Oxytocin provides a neuroendocrine template for the effects of multiple …

The present article advances a neurobiological model of the reciprocal associations
between social attachment and drug abuse, and social attachment and chronic stress, as …

Caring is all around us and is manifested in diverse settings such as parenting, friendships,
volunteering, altruism, mentoring, teaching, pet adoption, and gardening. The study of …

This study examined the neurobiology of maternal sensitivity to children's emotions among
mothers involved with Child Protective Services (CPS) and low‐risk comparison mothers …

Context and Objective: Oxytocin can affect energy homeostasis and has interesting potential
as a metabolic disease therapeutic. We detected serum oxytocin levels in obese (OB) and …

Pregnancy and the transition to parenthood is an important period marked by dramatic
neurobiological and psychosocial changes that may have implications for the health of …