Becoming a parent doesn’t just alter your lifestyle it alters your biology too.
has found that men experience extensive remodeling to their brain after the arrival of their baby—shrinking the visual network and growing the default mode network responsible for empathy.
During the study, researchers scanned and examined the brains of 20 expectant fathers before and after the birth of baby alongside the brains of 17 childless men. Results showed changes in the cortex of fathers’ brains after baby, while there were no significant changes in the brains of the childless men.
These changes that researchers saw are often referred to as neuroplasticity and have been observed in mothers too.
So what do these big changes mean for dad? While scientists aren’t sure about why the visual network shrinks after baby’s arrival, the growth of the default mode network—most closely associated with empathy, memory recall and future thinking—can prove valuable in helping dad empathize with a crying baby and keep up with the many memory demands of having a newborn.
While we are still learning more about the way dad and mom’s brain change, you can get a sneak peek into the
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