Its role in fathers’ brains is less clear because in males, the medial preoptic area is more strongly connected to mating behavior.
而内测视前区在雄性大脑中的作用不太清楚。一般认为内侧前视区与交配行为的联系更紧密。
In the generally more mysterious paternal brain, there appear to be interactions with other regions of the brain that help to suppress defensive reactions and enable a dad to be nurturing.
雄性大脑似乎存在与大脑其他区域的相互作用，这些区域有助于抑制防御性反应，使其也具备能够养育孩子的本能。
At any rate, researchers have learned a lot about the parenting brain from studying how parenting is primed by certain hormones, shifting the brain into a state of readiness for a suite of caregiving processes, including building shelter, nursing, grooming, and retrieving the young when they get “lost.”
通过研究育儿方式是如何受特定的荷尔蒙影响，大脑是如何切换到一种心理准备状态，做好一系列的育儿准备，包括为孩子建立安全庇护、提供抚养、纠正不良行为，研究人员已经了解了很多关于育儿大脑的知识。