Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood

“[A]n engaging book debut…The author deftly translates scientific studies—by neurobiologists, anthropologists, primatologists, psychologists, and endocrinologists, among others—into accessible prose that speaks to needs and anxieties that many parents share.”—Kirkus Reviews

The Pulitzer-prize winning health and science journalist Chelsea Conaboy explodes the concept of “maternal instinct” and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent.

Conaboy expected things to change with the ...