Profound environmental, hormonal, and neurobiological changes mark the transition to
motherhood as a major biosocial life event. Despite the ubiquity of motherhood, the …

Growing attention has been directed to the inclusion of females in neuroscience studies, and
to the importance of studying sex as a biological variable. However, how female-specific …

The parenting brain may undergo remodeling that supports the adjustment to new
parenthood. Prior work on human mothers has found gray matter volume decreases from …

For decades, the concept of “mommy brain”(also referred to as baby brain, mom brain,
momnesia, and pregnancy brain) has permeated what it is to be a mother. Mommy brain is …

Purpose Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to experiencing mental health
difficulties, especially anxiety. Anxiety in pregnancy can be characterized as having two …

This review summarizes recent findings on stress-related programming of brain
development in utero, with an emphasis on situating findings within the mothers' broader …

Purpose Research on cognitive and emotional functions during pregnancy challenges the
prevalent perception of cognitive decline in pregnant women. This study investigates the …

Pregnancy is a compressed period of dramatic developmental change and plasticity that
occurs at least once in the lives of up to 80% of adult females in the United States (Carlin …

Whilst the field of maternal cognition is gaining interest, with a recent increase in
publications, there are still only a handful of existing studies. This presents a unique …

During early life-sensitive periods (ie, fetal, infancy), the developing stress response system
adaptively calibrates to match environmental conditions, whether harsh or supportive …