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Mothers with maltreatment histories often experience parenting difficulties, yet research has primarily focused on physical and sexual abuse. Far less is known about how CEA influences maternal brain responses during parenting. Prior studies suggest atypical neural activity among at\u2010risk mothers when viewing or hearing their own children. This study examined associations between maternal CEA and neural responses during a Child Face Mirroring Task (CFMT), an fMRI paradigm assessing maternal empathy toward child emotions, a key component of sensitive parenting. Fourteen low\u2010income mothers (mean age\u2009=\u200932\u2009years) with self\u2010reported trauma exposures from a longitudinal parenting study completed CFMT scanning when their children were age 5. Mothers viewed images of their own and unknown children expressing neutral, ambiguous, distressful, or joyful emotions. Before each block, mothers were instructed to either \u201cjoin\u201d (empathize and imitate) or \u201cobserve\u201d (remain neutral). The Join\u2010Own\u2010Child &gt; Observe\u2010Own\u2010Child contrast was regressed against maternal CEA severity (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire). Whole\u2010brain analyses were corrected for multiple comparisons. The Join\u2010Own\u2010Child &gt; Observe\u2010Own\u2010Child contrast activated the supplementary motor area (SMA) and right pericentral gyrus (pCG). Higher CEA scores were associated with greater activation in SMA, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC), periaqueductal gray (PAG), middle cingulate cortex (MCC), left temporal pole, and right inferior temporal gyrus\u2014but not pCG. Meta\u2010analytic mapping indicated these regions support belief\u2010based mentalization (i.e., the consideration of others' emotional or mental states), pain, and autobiographical memory processes. Maternal CEA was linked to heightened engagement of brain regions involved in top\u2010down mentalization rather than sensorimotor imitation. Such over\u2010mentalization (i.e., explaining away intentions and feelings of another person), and memory\u2010linked processing may influence mothers' interpretations of their children's emotions, potentially impairing sensitivity. 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