{"id":106114,"date":"2026-10-06T11:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adviews.info\/news\/?p=106114"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:33:14","slug":"a-mothers-brain-explores-the-neuroscience-of-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adviews.info\/news\/?p=106114","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Mother\u2019s Brain\u2019 explores the neuroscience of motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Mother\u2019s Brain
Susana Carmona
MIT Press, $27.95<\/em><\/p>\n

When it comes to new motherhood, the baby typically takes center stage, garnering most of people\u2019s attention. But in a refreshing twist, neuroscientist Susana Carmona shifts the spotlight to the mom. In the opening pages of A Mother\u2019s Brain<\/em>, Carmona cheerfully tells us, \u201chere, we\u2019ll hardly discuss babies at all.\u201d Mothers are her protagonists.<\/p>\n

What follows is a captivating, passionate and well-grounded journey through the fascinating process of \u201cmatrescence.\u201d A word coined to echo \u201cadolescence,\u201d another time\u00a0 of seismic changes, matrescence includes the intense reorganization a woman\u2019s brain undergoes as she becomes a mom. So far, early studies have revealed a sculpting of brain circuits (and Carmona is quick to point out that less can be more), heightened social instincts and perhaps even a boost of resilience during old age.<\/p>\n