Mothers and fathers need to anticipate their children’s needs and understand and care for them, often with no experience and on very little sleep. So, it’s not surprising that parents would need to adapt to be successful in their new roles, some researchers said. Is it true that men’s brains change when they become fathers? Studies have shown, for instance, that when women become pregnant and after they give birth , physical changes occur in their brains that, some researchers suspect, may help prepare women for motherhood. This reduction, a type of streamlining process, is thought to help the brain process information more efficiently, Saxbe said.

Source: Washington Post June 15, 2024 05:51 UTC