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NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
卷 131, 期 -, 页码 387-399出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.043
关键词
Perinatal maternal anxiety; Infant cues; fMRI; EEG; ERP; fNIRS; Maternal sensitivity
资金
- Richard K. Gershon Endowed Medical Student Research Fellowship
- National Institutes of Health-NIDDK Medical Student Research Fellowship
The review explores the neural correlates of maternal processing of infant cues in the presence of perinatal anxiety, highlighting mixed results and suggesting future directions for research.
ABSTR A C T Anxiety symptoms are common among women during pregnancy and the postpartum period, potentially having detrimental effects on both mother and child's well-being. Perinatal maternal anxiety interferes with a core facet of adaptive caregiving: mothers' sensitive responsiveness to infant affective communicative 'cues.' This review summarizes the current research on the neural correlates of maternal processing of infant cues in the presence of perinatal anxiety, outlines its limitations, and offers next steps to advance future research. Functional neuro-imaging studies examining the neural circuitry involved in, and electrophysiological studies examining the temporal dynamics of, processing infant cues during pregnancy and postpartum are reviewed. Studies have generally indicated mixed findings, although emerging themes suggest that anxiety may be implicated in several stages of processing infant cues- detection, interpretation, and reaction- contingent upon cue valence. Limi-tations include inconsistent designs, lack of differentiation between anxiety and depression symptoms, and limited consideration of parenting-specific (versus domain-general) anxiety. Future studies should incorporate longitudinal investigation of multiple levels of analysis spanning neural, cognitive, and observed aspects of sensitive caregiving.
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