Big Belly, Big Brain

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Clik here to view.Have you ever wanted (or needed) a bigger brain? Researchers at the Yale University School of Medicine might suggest getting pregnant then. Sorry guys. Indeed, their studies have concluded that after giving birth, new mothers demonstrate a steady growth in certain areas of the brain, and they attribute this to changes in key hormone levels. And it makes sense that the areas of the brain most affected by these changes in hormones include the midbrain, the area associated with behavior and motivation! New moms out there will certainly tell you that as much as they love their new little one, it’s still hard to get motivated to get up several times in the middle of the night. Perhaps these growth spurts help new moms to do the hard tasks. In fact, some of the researchers are tentatively concluding that our instinct to take care of our children is perhaps more related to these brain changes than actual instinct, and perhaps there are brain reductions in mothers suffering with postartum depression - another new area to look at to improve those suffering.