Ep. 2 - The Mom Brain Revolution (with Susana Carmona)

For centuries, scientists studied what pregnancy does to the body. Almost nobody studied what it does to the brain. Neuroscientist Susana Carmona helped change that, uncovering evidence that motherhood reshapes the human brain in ways scientists are only beginning to understand.

Shownotes:

• Susana's book A Mother’s Brain brings together the latest research on how pregnancy and motherhood reshape the brain, body and identity.
• Susana leads the NeuroMaternal Lab in Madrid, where much of the research discussed in this episode is conducted.
• Browse Susana's scientific publications on pregnancy, the maternal brain and parental neuroplasticity.
• One of the world's largest biomedical databases, the UK Biobank, was used in studies showing that pregnancy leaves measurable, long-term signatures in the brain.
• Several of Susana's findings relate to changes in the brain's Default Mode Network, a network involved in self-reflection, memory and understanding other people.
• The London Taxi Driver Study is the classic neuroscience study showing that the adult brain changes in response to experience.
• This podcast is part of the Early Childhood Matters platform by the Van Leer Foundation.

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