Moms and their babies
According to some recent research using MRI imaging, the sight of a mom's own smiling baby triggers a reward-processing center in the mom's brain, posssibly by releasing the neurotransmitter dopamine. And one's own baby triggers a higher level of response than a picture of a similar smiling baby.
We have long known that smiling babies are attractive to adults. From the evolutionary perspective, it makes sense that we automatically respond positively to babies - raising them takes a lot of energy over a long time. This research suggests ways that that response actually happens in our brains. Here's a link to an article in the New York Times about the research.
We have long known that smiling babies are attractive to adults. From the evolutionary perspective, it makes sense that we automatically respond positively to babies - raising them takes a lot of energy over a long time. This research suggests ways that that response actually happens in our brains. Here's a link to an article in the New York Times about the research.
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