Although interest in the neurobiology of parent–infant bonding is a century old,
neuroimaging of the human parental brain is recent. After summarizing current comparative …

Brain networks that govern parental response to infant signals have been studied with
imaging techniques over the last 15 years. The complex interaction of thoughts and …

Die uralte Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Tier hat in jüngerer Zeit durch den Einsatz von
Tieren in Therapie und Pädagogik neues Interesse geweckt. Tiergestützte Interventionen …

Childhood is the time when we forge our first social bonds, first learn how to express and
read basic human emotions, and first make sense of the physical world. In childhood …

Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young
differently than their Great Ape ancestors. From this new form of care came new ways of …

The current review aims to unify existing views of altruism through an examination of the
biological bases of a fundamental form of giving: altruistic responding. Altruistic responding …

Cuteness in offspring is a potent protective mechanism that ensures survival for otherwise
completely dependent infants. Previous research has linked cuteness to early ethological …

Since Dr. Brizendine wrote The Female Brain ten years ago, the response has been
overwhelming. This New York Times bestseller has been translated into more than thirty …

The pursuit of happiness is a preoccupation for many people. Yet only the pursuit can be
promised, not happiness itself. Can science help? We focus on the most tractable ingredient …

Although a growing body of evidence suggests that giving to (hel**) others is linked
reliably to better health and longevity for the helper, little is known about causal …