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Parents' brains tuned to babies' tears

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  1. Seifritz, E. et al. Differential sex-independent amygdala response to infant crying and laughing in parents versus nonparents. Biological Psychiatry, 54, 1367 - 1375, (2003).

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Pilcher, H. Parents' brains tuned to babies' tears. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news031215-13

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