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What's in a baby-cry? Locationist and constructionist frameworks in parental brain responses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2012

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

Parental brain responses to baby stimuli constitute a unique model to study brain-basis frameworks of emotion. Results for baby-cry and picture stimuli may fit with both locationist and psychological constructionist hypotheses. Furthermore, the utility of either model may depend on postpartum timing and relationship. Endocrine effects may also be critical for accurate models to assess mental health risk and treatment.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , June 2012 , pp. 167 - 168
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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