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Deep mechanisms of social affect – Plastic parental brain mechanisms for sensitivity versus contempt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

James E. Swain  and
S. Shaun Ho
James E. Swain
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794 james.swain@stonybrookmedicine.edu Shao-Hsuan.ho@stonybrookmedicine.edu https://www.stonybrookmedicine.edu/profile?pid=2038&name=James%20Swain%20MD https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shao-Hsuan_Ho Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
S. Shaun Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794 james.swain@stonybrookmedicine.edu Shao-Hsuan.ho@stonybrookmedicine.edu https://www.stonybrookmedicine.edu/profile?pid=2038&name=James%20Swain%20MD https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shao-Hsuan_Ho
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Abstract

Insensitive parental thoughts and affect, similar to contempt, may be mapped onto a network of basic emotions moderated by attitudinal representations of social-relational value. Brain mechanisms that reflect emotional valence of baby signals among parents vary according to individual differences and show plasticity over time. Furthermore, mental health problems and treatments for parents may affect these brain systems toward or away from contempt, respectively.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e249
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