Seit über 20 Jahren untersucht Wissenschaftler, wie Mütter auf das Betrachten ihres eigenen Kindes reagieren. Im Vergleich zu Müttern haben weit weniger Studien Väter untersucht. Eine neue Studie zeigt Hinweise darauf, dass die Vaterschaft das Gehirn auch auf eine Weise umgestaltet, die eine sensible Pflege unterstützen kann.
First-time fathers show distinct brain responses to their own babies
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I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.70324
From the linked article:
When first-time fathers watch videos of their own infants, specific brain regions activate in ways that differ from how they respond to unfamiliar babies—or even their pregnant partners. **A new study published in Human Brain Mapping offers evidence that fatherhood reshapes the brain in ways that may support sensitive caregiving**. The research provides insight into how regions involved in social understanding, emotion regulation, and reward processing are tuned to the unique salience of one’s own child.
“**For a little over 20 years, scientists have been studying how mothers’ brains respond to viewing their own infant as a way to understand how biology supports the social and emotional demands of parenting. But compared to mothers, far fewer studies have looked at fathers**,” said Newsome, who works in the Neuroendocrinology of Social Ties Lab, directed by Darby Saxbe, the senior author of the paper.
I know my own experience is just an anecdote, not data, but when my daughter was born I could tell something changed inside me. My wife also noticed changes, including how I drove when I took our daughter home. Almost 20 years later I still remember holding her for the first time.
Im convinced that society is better when people can build families in their mid to late twenties- it matures you massively and gives you a stake in the community.