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EPISODE · May 5, 2023 · 27 MIN

The Mother of All Brain Changes

from This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg

New parents - especially moms - experience profound changes in the brain when they are expecting and welcoming a new baby. Health journalist Chelsea Conaboy explains how the caricature of "mommy brain" and its cognitive fog has it all wrong - parenthood actually has a neuroprotective effect, as the brain adapts to meeting the needs of children. It happens to all parents, not just mothers, but it's most dramatic in gestating parents. Plus... how it takes a troop to raise a monkey. https://www.chelseaconaboy.com/ 

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