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Nature, nurture or maternal instinct?

The age-old 'Nature versus Nurture' debate is alive and kicking in the world of pregnancy and parenting. Nature, ...
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Brain-to-Brain Synchrony: How Neuroscience Decodes Trust, Rapport and Attachment

Because we’re social creatures, we tend to synchronise our actions and emotions (or at least the ones we ...

Fear, loathing, HRT and women’s health research.

YOUR BRAIN ON MENOPAUSE: In this seven-part series, I explore menopause from a brain health perspective with a particular focus ...

The brain fog of menopause

YOUR BRAIN ON MENOPAUSE: In this seven-part series, I explore menopause from a brain health perspective with a particular focus ...

Menopause and sleep problems: are you too hot to sleep?

YOUR BRAIN ON MENOPAUSE: In this seven-part series, I explore menopause from a brain health perspective with a particular focus ...

This is your brain on menopausal hot flashes

YOUR BRAIN ON MENOPAUSE: In this seven-part series I explore menopause from a brain health perspective with a particular focus ...
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Are menopause symptoms are all in your head? Or brain?

YOUR BRAIN ON MENOPAUSE: In this seven-part series I explore menopause from a brain health perspective with a particular focus ...

A beginner’s guide to sex differences in the brain

Donna L. Maney, Emory University Asking whether there are sex differences in the human brain is a bit ...

Once a mother, always a mother (just ask your brain).

by Winnie Orchard, PhD student, Turner Institute of Brain and Mental Health and Monash Biomedical Imaging, at Monash ...
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The Pregnant Brain. Preparing the mind for motherhood.

This is a long read, download a PDF version of the article here. Motherhood changes everything Little did ...

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