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phil newsome
@philnewsomejr.bsky.social
affective/dev neuro | clinical science phd student at USC (quant conc.) | formerly: SMCM, UMD, NIMH IRTA Fellow
☕️ So basically…dads may develop unique responses to their baby not totally explained by just “baby schema” or that it’s someone they love/care for.

🔮Future work on how these processes CHANGE during early stages of parenthood is soon to come :)
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August 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
[4] 🔂Follow-up MVPA revealed relative contributions from familiarity and infancy dimensions; however, own-infant condition was still distinguishable from stimuli with overlapping characteristics. 6/8
August 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
[3] 🔦Searchlights captured discriminable neural patterns in similar DMN areas, as well as the parahippocampus. 5/8
August 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
[2] Greater activation around the posterior midline of the cortex was associated with:
👶 stronger reported bond with their infant
😅 less parenting stress!
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August 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
[1] We observed stronger responses in regions supporting mentalizing, emotion regulation, & reward processing when fathers viewed their own baby vs an unfamiliar infant or their partner. 3/8
August 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
👨‍👧Most research on brain responses to own-infant stimuli has focused on moms. Additionally, it had been unclear whether “own-baby” effects are truly specific to one’s own infant, or just reflect familiarity/closeness.
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August 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM