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In Co-Parenting, Spousal Presence Affects Brain Chemistry

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A new study reveals how the physical presence of spouses who are co-parenting can alter one another’s brain activity. Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) analyzed how the brain activity of 24 husband-wife pairs from Singapore changed in response to recordings of infant stimuli such as crying, when they were physically together and when they were apart.

For the study, the researchers monitored the parents’ prefrontal cortex — a brain region linked to complex behavior and emotional states — with functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), a non-invasive optical imaging technique that measures brain signals based on the level of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in the brain.

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