
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


How do our brains change when we become parents? What does having ‘baby brain’ really mean? And how can fathers use the science of bonding to feel close to their babies?
In this episode of How We’re Wired, join evolutionary anthropologist Dr Anna Machin as she unpicks the neuroscience of parenthood – from the evolution of how human parenting to why testosterone levels permanently drop in new fathers, and if there’s really a difference between Mum’s and Dad’s brain.
With special thanks to Adi Yaniv, Amy, Alex, and baby Frank.
How We’re Wired is a Fresh Air Production for The Bertarelli Foundation.
Follow now so you never miss an episode.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
By The Bertarelli Foundation4.7
2323 ratings
How do our brains change when we become parents? What does having ‘baby brain’ really mean? And how can fathers use the science of bonding to feel close to their babies?
In this episode of How We’re Wired, join evolutionary anthropologist Dr Anna Machin as she unpicks the neuroscience of parenthood – from the evolution of how human parenting to why testosterone levels permanently drop in new fathers, and if there’s really a difference between Mum’s and Dad’s brain.
With special thanks to Adi Yaniv, Amy, Alex, and baby Frank.
How We’re Wired is a Fresh Air Production for The Bertarelli Foundation.
Follow now so you never miss an episode.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1,090 Listeners

891 Listeners

2,085 Listeners

78 Listeners

403 Listeners

419 Listeners

1,393 Listeners

8,380 Listeners

3,763 Listeners

1,952 Listeners

2,841 Listeners

2,072 Listeners

837 Listeners

410 Listeners

100 Listeners