GoKawiilNew book 'A Mother's Brain' details neuroscience of pregnancy-related brain changes
Neuroscientist Susana Carmona's book, published by MIT Press, examines how pregnancy alters brain structure and function, including changes to the hippocampus linked to memory. The review, written by a fellow neuroscientist, recounts her own research beginning in 2000 on hippocampal volume changes during pregnancy and describes lasting effects that persist beyond childbirth.