ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Prenatal Positive Maternal Mental Health Predicts Variation in Brain Structures Associated with Social and Emotional Development in Newborns
- Dawn Koh
A*STAR - Desiree Phua
A*STAR - Anqi Qiu
A*STAR - Anqi Qiu
National University of Singapore - Anqi Qiu
National University of Singapore - Broekman Birit
A*STAR - Lourdes Mary Daniel
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital - Helen Chen
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital - Yap Seng Chong
National University of Singapore - Yap Seng Chong
A*STAR - Peter Gluckman
A*STAR - Peter Gluckman
University of Auckland - Michael Meaney
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University
Abstract
Prenatal positive maternal mood, independent of negative symptoms, associates with variation in neonatal brain regions involved in emotional memory and reward processing between offspring of positive mothers and those who were not. Left amygdala acted as a mediator between positive maternal health and child temperament at one year of age.
Positive Psychology
