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New mothers grow bigger brains within months of giving birth: Warmer feelings toward babies linked to bigger mid-brains
October 21, 2010 by NewsBot
Motherhood may actually cause the brain to grow, not turn it into mush, as some have claimed. Exploratory research has found that the brains of new mothers bulked up in areas linked to motivation and behavior, and that mothers who gushed the most about their babies showed the greatest growth in key parts of the mid-brain.
