Episode 47 with Chelsea Conaboy - Challenging the Myth of Maternal Instinct
Does motherhood change the b rain or does the brain change in motherhood? This question is explored by author and journalist Chelsea Conaboy in her new book Mother Brain: How Neuroscience is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood.
Hear how Chelsea’s own journey inspired this project and questions the idea of maternal instinct. As she tells TBD, “The idea that maternal instinct as this capacity for caregiving that is innate, automatic and uniquely female, that's a myth.”
Episode originally aired live on WVOX-AM on November 10, 2022
Mother Brain: How Neuroscience is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood
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Chelsea Recommends
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (1963)
Mother Nature by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (2000)
The Nature and Nurture of Love by Marga Vicedo (2014)
From Eve to Evolution by Kimberly Hamlin (2014)
Additional Resources
Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (2016)
Mom Genes by Abigail Tucker (2021)
Grose, Jessica (2021, July 14) Mommy Brain is Real. nytimes.com