MRI study tracks brain changes in new fathers (opens in new tab)

Recent reports on fatherhood neuroscience describe MRI-based evidence that new fathers show measurable brain changes after a baby is born. The reported changes partly overlap with brain areas also affected in mothers, though paternal brain changes have received less scientific attention. A Reddit post summarizing the study said researchers tracked new fathers with MRI scans and found that some brain regions shrank during the first few weeks after birth, followed by regrowth around 12 weeks in...