Crying baby draws blunted response in depressed mom's brain

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 13:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Mothers who are depressed respond differently to their crying babies than do non-depressed moms. In fact, their reaction, according to brain scans at the University of Oregon, is much more muted than the robust brain activity in non-depressed moms...

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