Researchers in Spain found that dads who had the biggest shrinkage in brain size also had the most responsive brains to seeing pictures of their own infants. The authors didn't really look at whether it was associated with being a better parent. But we know that something similar happens in women's brains. Aisley: It seems from this study, like in both sexes, these changes associated with caring for your child are being wired into your brain.
State media have taken to calling President Xi Jinping “the helmsman”; at the five-yearly meeting he defended his means of steering the country. We ask how to read between his tightly prepared lines. Many of America’s firms will soon deliver disappointing profits—and there is more to blame than simple business cycles. And research suggests that parenthood causes fathers’ brains to shrink.
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