Even as men draw flak for not doing enough of parenting as mothers generally do, researchers have discovered that taking care of his kids may not only enforce hormonal changes in fathers but also reshape their brains.
While taking care of kids, a man's brain shows the same patterns of cognitive and emotional engagement that are seen in mothers, a new study showed, suggesting that there could be a parenting brain network that is common to both sexes.
Researchers looked at brain activity in 89 new parents as they watched videos, including some that featured the parents' own children.
The study examined mothers who were their children's primary caregivers, fathers who helped with child care and gay fathers who raised a child without a woman in the picture.
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