Ponencia de Natalia López Moratalla en el Palacio de la Magdalena - UIMP 2008, dentro del Encuentro Humanismo, Ciencia y Sociedad, patrocinado por la Fundacion A. Von Humboldt

1. Genes, Brain and Maternal Behaviour
Mothers demonstrate a unique ability to recognize different sensory cues
(visual and auditory) from their own infants.
These stimuli, such as a hunger cry or smiling face, are powerful
motivators for a mother to respond through care giving, physical touch,
speech, or play.
BRAIN IS ORGANIZAD TO MEDIATE THE MATERNAL BEHAVIOUR
MEDIATED BY HORMONAL AND NEUROCHEMICAL FACTORS.
MATERNAL CARE IS A MODEL:
1) How social experiences influence the brain (plasticity).
2) The complex cognitive–emotional behaviours have their basis in
dynamic coalitions of networks of brain areas, none of which should be
conceptualized as specifically “affective” or “cognitive”
3) Description of the brain/mind
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Natalia Lopez Moratalla - Encuentro Humanismo, Ciencia y Sociedad - UIMP 2008