When We Hear A Baby Cry, There Are Gender Variations In Brain Activity
Sunday, June 2, 2013 - 07:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers behind a new paper say women's brains appear to be hard-wired to respond to the cries of a hungry infant.They asked men and women to let their minds wander, then played a recording of white noise interspersed with the sounds of an infant crying. Brain scans showed that, in the women, patterns of brain activity abruptly switched to an attentive mode when they heard the infant cries, whereas the men's brains remained in the resting state. read more