You may have heard a new mother putting their forgetfulness or disorientation down to “baby brain” during pregancy and even in the months afterwards, but is it real, and what actually causes it?

researchers have mapped out the very real physical changes of “pregnancy brain,” the changes that a mother’s brain undergoes ...

"We are finally able to observe changes to the brain in real time." The massive physical ... Many women talk about having "pregnancy brain" or "baby brain", to describe feeling forgetful, absent ...

His imaged neurons are hollow models; real neurons are crammed with living ... Doctors commonly attach bulky wires and electrodes to monitor a baby’s brain activity. At the University of ...

Would you believe the bacteria in a mother’s gut, her microbiome, can affect the development of her unborn baby’s brain? Far-fetched? Well, it’s true if research from Cambridge University is ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival.

Did you know that a baby’s brain starts making connections for speech and language while they’re still in the womb? It might not seem like it, but their brains are rapidly developing and using ...

And so that was another thing that was helpful, I think, because I didn’t see my brain changing in real time at any time ... and then it went back to baseline by the time the baby was born. And so ...

Sep. 10, 2024 — Pregnant women who have limited access to affordable, nutritious, and healthy foods have a higher chance of developing both physical and mental health problems and their baby's ...

Critics allege doctors have been focused on concluding child abuse due to shaken baby syndrome whenever a triad of symptoms — bleeding around the brain, brain swelling and bleeding in the eyes ...

As baby boomers sell ... boomers on the brain. Baby boomers dominate America's housing market. Members of the "Me" generation own nearly $19 trillion worth of US real estate — more than double ...