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Mother brain : how neuroscience is rewriting the story of parenthood / Chelsea Conaboy.

By: Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022Description: 368 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781250762283
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.874/3 23/eng/20220611
LOC classification:
  • HQ759 .C7233 2022
Contents:
At the Flip of a Switch -- The Making of a Mother's Instinct -- Attention, Please -- Our Babies, Our Selves -- The Ancient Family Tree -- Inclined to Care -- Start Where You Are -- The One in the Mirror -- Between Us.
Summary: A groundbreaking exploration of the parental brain that untangles insidious myths from complicated realities, MOTHER BRAIN explodes the concept of "maternal instinct" and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent. Chelsea Conaboy delves into the neuroscience to reveal unexpected upsides, generations of scientific neglect, and a powerful new narrative of parenthood.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

At the Flip of a Switch -- The Making of a Mother's Instinct -- Attention, Please -- Our Babies, Our Selves -- The Ancient Family Tree -- Inclined to Care -- Start Where You Are -- The One in the Mirror -- Between Us.

A groundbreaking exploration of the parental brain that untangles insidious myths from complicated realities, MOTHER BRAIN explodes the concept of "maternal instinct" and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent. Chelsea Conaboy delves into the neuroscience to reveal unexpected upsides, generations of scientific neglect, and a powerful new narrative of parenthood.

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