Posted on 10/15/2008 3:28:30 AM PDT by don-o
Researchers in the US found that contrary to the popular view that having children reduces a woman's brainpower, having children actually improves her lifelong mental agility and protects her brain against the neurodegenerative diseases of old age.
The research was carried out by Dr Craig Kinsley, professor of neuroscience at the University of Richmond, Virginia, and colleagues, and will be presented at the Society for Neuroscience 2008 conference which is to take place from 15 to 19 November in Washington DC.
Kinsley said that while a woman may experience an apparent loss of brain function while she is pregnant, this could be because parts of her brain are being remodelled in preparation for dealing with the complicated demands of childrearing.
"The changes that kick in then could last for the rest of their lives, bolstering cognitive abilities and protecting them against degenerative diseases," said Kinsley, according to a Times Online report.
A number of studies have reported that women appear to reduce their memory and reasoning ability when they are pregnant. But Kinsley and colleagues suggest this is a temporary result of the remodelling that is going on, which in the long term boosts the woman's brainpower beyond what she had before she was expecting.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalnewstoday.com ...
No offense - but all y’all are approaching this from the wrong perspective. How many liberal childless women can you name out there (esp. LSM) who are showing poorer neurodegenerative thought processes?!?!
No Helen Thomas pictures please!
I don't think there's a good, comprehensive bio of her out there. I sure wish some of her colleagues, kids, and co-conspirators would take up a task so important to Catholic civilization.
Yes.
I, of course, knew the answer before I asked the question.
Man, I’m only 12 weeks into my first pregnancy and yes, the pregnancy brain thing is real. I keep losing words - can’t find the word I need to describe things.
That happy news (the pregnancy, not the mushbrain) makes me glad I posted the thread!
As the Mrs says above, this is where the man gets to step up - though, truth be told, I have little memory of it.
They could’ve just asked me why pregnant women are so retarded, instead of wasting all that time and money.
Two words:
SLEEP DEPRIVATION.
Let’s see how bright those researchers are on four hours of sleep, with all the nutrients they consume going to nourish junior’s growing brain and body, center of gravity shifting every week, etc etc etc...
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