Chelsea Conaboy

Mother Brain (eBook, ePUB)

Separating Myth from Biology - the Science of the Parental Brain

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'Promises a new route through the parenting wilds' Sunday Times
'Powerful, honest and reassuring' Professor Gina Rippon
'A vital new narrative . . . Meticulously researched, compelling and compassionate' Elinor Cleghorn
'A compelling book that upends popular notions about becoming a parent . . . reminds us why scientific research is a feminist issue' New Stateman
'I wish I'd had this book when I first became a mother' Emma Jane Unsworth

New parents undergo major structural and functional brain changes, driven by hormones and the deluge of stimuli a baby provides. These neurobiological changes help all parents - birthing or otherwise - learn how to meet their child's needs. Yet this emerging science is mostly absent from the public conversation about parenthood. Untangling insidious myths from complicated realities, Chelsea Conaboy reveals that the story that exists in the science today is far more meaningful than the idea that mothers spring into being by instinct. Weaving the latest neuroscience and social psychology together with new reporting, she uncovers unexpected upsides, generations of scientific neglect and an empowering new narrative of parenthood.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474618397
• Artikelnr.: 63328527

Autorenporträt

Chelsea Conaboy is a journalist specializing in personal and public health. She was part of the Boston Globe¿s Pulitzer prize¿winning team for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and more recently has worked as a magazine writer with bylines at Mother Jones, Politico, The Week, the Boston Globe Magazine, and others. She lives in Maine with her husband, their two young sons, and her own changing maternal brain.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: At the Flip of a Switch
Chapter 2: The Making of a Mother's Instinct
Chapter 3: Attention, Please
Chapter 4: Our Babies, Our Selves
Chapter 5: The Ancient Family Tree
Chapter 6: Inclined to Care
Chapter 7: Start Where You Are
Chapter 8: The One in the Mirror
Chapter 9: Between Us
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index