The mommy brain : how motherhood makes us smarter / Katherine Ellison.
The mommy brain : how motherhood makes us smarter / Katherine Ellison.
The mommy brain : how motherhood makes us smarter / Katherine Ellison.
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New York : Basic Books, c2005.
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N306.8743/ 102
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. The great transition -- 1. Smarter than we think -- 2. "Honey, the kids shrunk my brain!" -- 3. The nearly uncharted wilderness of mothers' brains -- Pt. 2. The five attributes of a baby-boosted brain -- 4. Perception : the expanding realm of a mother's senses -- 5. Efficiency : how necessity...
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New York : Basic Books, c2005.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2005.
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"For years, women have been told that having a baby means checking your brain at the delivery room door. But exciting new research into motherhood and the mind is contradicting the myth of "the mommy brain," and revealing that quite the opposite is true: having babies can make you smarter." "A mother's work - the repetitive nurturing acts, the rele...
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The mommy brain : how motherhood makes us smarter / Katherine Ellison.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N306.8743/ 102
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74VKd65wlAa3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKd65wlAa3
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0465019056 (alk. paper)
9780465019052 (alk. paper)
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306.8743
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991019875489702626
