Parental Brain 101: Does Mothering Beget Mothering? (Ch 9)
Does mothering beget mothering? In non-humans perhaps yes, to a large degree. Based on Chapter 9 of The Parental Brain (Oxford University Press)
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Talking all things mom brain....I do think it is better than we think, but let me explain.
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Parental Brain 101: The Human Parental Brain (Ch 8)
The one you've probably all been waiting for! What happens in our heads. In short it's pretty similar to what we've seen in animals. I'll get to that. (Based on Ch 8 of The Parental Brain (Oxford)).
Expert Insights - Mental Health and the Maternal Brain
by Kathy Ayala and Dr Helena JV Rutherford, Yale University
Expert Insights - Attachment, Caregiving and the Parental Brain
By Dr Pascal Vrticka, Centre for Brain Science, Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
Expert Insights - Neurobiological Remodeling During the Transition to Fatherhood
byPhilip Newsome, M.S., Yael H. Waizman, M.S., Gabriella Vavala, M.P.H., Darby E. Saxbe, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Expert Insights - The Maternal Brain: Brain Adaptations Across Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
by Sara Halmans, Dr Milou Straathor, Dr Elseline Hoekzema, Hoekzema Lab, Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), location AMC, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Parental Brain 101: Other than Mothers (Ch 7)
We often focus on mothers as THE parent needed to care for young, but nature tells a different story. We all have the necessary brain parts for parenting (based on Ch 7 of The Parental Brain)
Expert Insights - Oxytocin and Maternal Brain
by Dr Silvana Valtcheva, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster for Aging and Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
The question is not whether SSRIs are universally good or bad, but how best to support maternal mental health
After decades of research on SSRI use in pregnancy we still have much to learn, but at its core, it's not about SSRIs, it's about supporting maternal mental health; something we often forget.
Parental Brain 101: Maternal Anxiety and Aggression (Ch 6)
This one isn't what you may be thinking when you see anxiety and aggression in the title of something written about motherhood today but I'll get to that (based on Ch6 - The Parental Brain (Oxford))