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- This study revealed not only hormone changes, but physical changes to the male brain during the first months as a father. Certain areas (the parts of the brain that are linked to attachment, nurturing and empathy) showed more gray and white matter in the later tests.
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Dec 1, 2022 · But does fatherhood reshape the brains and bodies of men—who don’t experience pregnancy directly—in ways that motivate their parenting? We set out to investigate this question in our recent...
Jun 16, 2024 · The brain and hormonal changes we observe in new dads tell us that nature intended men to participate in child rearing, because it equipped them with neurobiological architecture to do so.
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Nov 30, 2022 · Neuroscientists know that pregnant mothers’ brains change in ways that appear to help with caring for a baby. Now researchers have identified changes in new fathers’ brains, too.
Sep 13, 2022 · A new study investigated how fatherhood changes the brain. A reduction of cortical volume, particularly in visual and default-mode networks, likely reflects adaptions to better interact with the...
Dec 3, 2022 · Researchers find significant changes in fathers' brains between the prenatal and the postpartum period. The main changes occurred in cortical areas associated with visual processing, attention, and empathy toward their baby.
Feb 11, 2020 · A man’s entry into fatherhood isn’t accompanied by the same hormonal, physical, and emotional changes that a woman experiences throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood…but the changes...
Jun 14, 2014 · Fatherhood can change a man's life. It also changes his brain, in ways that it seems to equip dads with the very same "baby sense" that's often attributed to moms.
