Mother Brain

Separating Myth from Biology the Science of the Parental Brain

By: Chelsea Conaboy

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Paperback | 18 January 2024 | Edition Number 1

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368 Pages

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'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.

Industry Reviews

Mother Brain feels like a book that will inspire today's new parents: socially alert, inclusive, kind . . . Conaboy promises a new route through the parenting wilds - SUNDAY TIMES

A compelling book that upends popular notions about becoming a parent . . . MOTHER BRAIN reminds us why scientific research is a feminist issue - NEW STATESMAN

Fearlessly researched and deeply empathetic, Mother Brain blew my mind. Every page pruned away sexist, guilt-inducing assumptions about the 'maternal instinct'. If every new parent, boss and lawmaker read this book, we would make a century of progress overnight

Meticulously researched and deeply personal, Mother Brain explores how parenting and caregiving shapes us, changes us and makes us human . . . Compelling and compassionate

I wish I'd had this book when I first became a mother

Awesomely detailed and refreshingly positive . . . powerful, honest and reassuring

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