(carlofranco/Canva) Sweet foods can be offered as a reward from the earliest stages of life. Yet the sugar we consume before ...

A second pregnancy brings distinct changes to the brain, potentially aiding mothers in managing multiple children. Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have discovered that these neurological adaptations ...

A study in mice reveals how pregnancy hormones influence the brain’s reward system, helping explain why newborns become a ...

A new mouse study led by UCLA Health suggests that inflammation during pregnancy can trigger autism-like changes in offspring ...

A massive genetic study has identified nine new genes linked to hyperemesis gravidarum, the most severe form of pregnancy sickness, bringing the total number of known risk genes to ten. The ...

New research has found that a hormone is responsible for making mothers' interactions with newborns feel rewarding rather ...

A woman has been left heartbroken after her neurologist laughed at her baby girl's name - saying she continued the ...

Neuroscientist Darby Saxbe explains how pregnancy and parenting reshape not only mothers' brains but fathers' as well. The ...

Pregnancies complicated by ischemic placental disease are associated with a higher risk for hospital admissions for brain disorders in the year after delivery, a study finds.

When a pregnant elephant goes into labor, other females gather around her in ways that suggest something far beyond instinct.

New research has found a hormone is responsible for making mothers' interactions with newborns feel rewarding rather than just necessary.