Health
‘Mummy-brain’ lasts a lifetime – and is beneficial in later life – Monash Lens
It’s well-understood that the extreme hormonal fluctuations of pregnancy prepare a mother’s body for the physical aspects of motherhood – growing a child, giving…
Its well-understood that the extreme hormonal fluctuations of pregnancy prepare a mothers body for the physical aspects of motherhood growing a child, giving birth, and producing breast milk.
But what were beginning to understand now is how the hormonal changes prepare her brain for the behavioural, mental and emotional tasks of caregiving.
This is what we colloquially call mummy-brain or baby-brain. The social brain itself has been restructured.
Throughout early motherhood, brain areas responsible…
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