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Baby Brain

The surprising neuroscience of how pregnancy and motherhood sculpt our brains and change our minds (for the better)

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Baby Brain

By: Dr Sarah McKay
Narrated by: Fiona Macleod
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 If you think baby brain is bad for you, think again - because neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay (author of The Women's Brain Book) has looked at studies and talked to experts from all over the world and the proof is in: giving birth is one of the best things to ever happen to a woman's brain.

Moreover, the positive effects of baby brain last well beyond the baby stage - even into old age, with elderly mothers' brains showing resilience to ageing. Plus, the benefits of baby brain show up for non-birth parents - even fatherhood has a profound effect on the hormones and brains of men.

This fascinating book weaves together baby brain research and interviews with neuroscientists and women's health specialists - many of whom are mothers - with personal experiences from parents concerning baby brain, nesting, maternal instinct, social support, anxiety and sleep. In each aspect the conclusion is clear: having a baby improves a mother's memory, and makes her smarter and more empathetic, intuitive and socially savvy.

Baby Brain contains the ultimate good-news story about mothers' brains, backed up by scientific research from leading experts and presented in highly readable bite-sized sections by one of Australia's leading science communicators. Biological Sciences Gender Studies Motherhood Parenting & Families Relationships Science Sexual & Reproductive Health Social Sciences Human Brain Sexual Health Health Pregnancy Mental Health
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I work as a psychotherapist in the UK, and this has been incredibly informative and explorative for both myself and my practice. it gives an excellent insight into the life of a woman, obviously focusing around pregnancy and it's misconceptions.

excellently read too, really interesting listen.

beautifully written

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