Many expectant mothers worry that during pregnancy became scattered. They like to joke that the brain is "left" in the stomach. Scientists gave the explanation for this phenomenon. Should I worry when the expectant mother becomes forgetful?
Almost every pregnant woman notices that became inattentive. In some women it is weakly expressed, others more pronounced. Why mums are uncollected and scattered researchers found?
Scientists from the University of Toronto in Canada examined 39 expectant mothers aged 22 to 39 years old. It turned out that the brain of a pregnant woman begins to actively rebuild on the needs of the baby.
These changes are taking place in the mind, and at the physiological level - in the gray matter. "Immersion" in motherhood changes the behavior of women, making it more diffuse. After all, the focus of her attention shifted to the unborn baby, thus allowing to establish a stronger emotional connection with the baby. That is why in some simple everyday things, such as searching for a key to the apartment, they become inattentive. Roughly speaking, the pregnant «to fixate» on future motherhood, and the rest of the situation her brain said not very important.
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