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By comparing the testosterone levels of five-month old pairs of twins, both identical and non-identical, researchers were able to establish that testosterone levels in infancy are not inherited genetically but rather determined by environmental... TESTOSTERONE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=testosterone 
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Male to female birth ratios fell during the Chinese Great Leap Forward famine.
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New study shows that babies who are fed when they are hungry achieve higher test scores – but take toll on their mothers...
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How a Mother's Love Changes a Child's Brain | Child Development | Parenting & Children | LiveScience
Maternal support physically changes a developing child’s brain.
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(Medical Xpress) -- Even for well-prepared couples, the transition to parenthood can be downright stressful.
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Depressed people react more strongly to photos of their mother than healthy individuals, according to new research. When individuals diagnosed with depression were placed in fMRI machines and shown photos of mom, scientists saw stronger reactions in the left anterior paracingulate gyrus, a brain area that plays an important role in the regulation of social emotion. Images of other family members provoked smaller responses. The technique may provide scientists with an important diagnostic tool.
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Working moms are healthier than stay-at-home moms when their children are very young. Working mothers in the study were less depressed and reported better overall health compared with those who stayed at home with their children.
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An attentive, nurturing mother may be able to help her children better resist the temptations of drug use later in life, according to a study in rats conducted by Duke University and the University of Adelaide in Australia.
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For expectant mothers, catching even a mild case of the flu could stunt brain development in their newborns, according to a new study conducted in rhesus macaques.
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Pregnant women sacrifice many of life's simple pleasures - caffeine, sushi, a glass of wine - in the hope that their baby will be born healthy. But according to a provocative new field of research, what happens during pregnancy can have lasting consequences that emerge decades after the child leaves the hospital. Studies are finding that adult illnesses like heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes can have roots in the mysterious months we spend in the womb.
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Motherhood changes a woman's brain, recent research suggests. Articles about MOTHERHOOD: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=motherhood
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Based on consumer neuroscience, a growing area for marketers looking to better understand consumers in more depth and with greater detail and precision, we know that moms and women in general use more areas of their brains to process information than men do, giving them enhanced multi-tasking, especially when it comes to shopping activities. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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This brief nine minute program may be the most important you, as a mother, father or caregiver, will ever see. Bonding is much more than what we ‘think.’ It is a coherent harmonic resonance of one heart to another.
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In frightening situations, people tend to freeze, but not recent moms, who charge ahead.
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They may have been cold-blooded, but it turns out dinosaurs were caring parents – arranging their eggs neatly and letting their scaly offspring stay in the nest until they had at least doubled in size.
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Females influence the gender of their offspring so they inherit either their mother's or grandfather's qualities. 'High-quality' females – those which produce more offspring – are more likely to have daughters.
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Young children whose mothers talk with them more frequently and in more detail about people's thoughts and feelings tend to be better at taking another's perspective than other children of the same age. Via Dimitris Agorastos
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The bond between a mother an an infant can influence the child's relationships with others for two decades, a new study says.
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Women who live in neighborhoods blighted by dilapidated buildings and other signs of decay are more likely to have premature or low-birth-weight babies, a new study finds.
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In 1958, psychologist John Bowlby pioneered "attachment theory," the idea that the early bond between parent and child is critical to a child's emotional development.
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Not only are working mothers multitasking more frequently than working fathers, but their multitasking experience is more negative as well, according to a new study in the December issue of the American Sociological Review.
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