Vital Signs: Having a Baby: Infant’s Smile Works on Mom’s Brain

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 16:21 in Psychology & Sociology

A picture of a mother’s own smiling baby activates reward-processing regions of her brain much more strongly than seeing a picture of an unknown baby, a new study shows.

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