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Weird News, Dads: Your Brain Physically Changes When You Become a Father

Like how you scrambled to convert your home gym into a nursery, but inside your head.

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Obviously, women who give birth undergo some pretty extreme changes, both physically, hormonally, and mentally, during and after childbirth. Entire organs shift around, hormones go bonkers, and the brain itself restructures in preparation for parenthood.

But dads aren’t just chilling in the hospital parking lot enjoying a fine cigar. According to new research from RWTH Aachen University, the brains of new dads change dramatically too once a baby enters their lives.

In a study published in Translational Psychiatry, researchers scanned the brains of 25 first-time fathers during the first 24 weeks after childbirth and found that fatherhood triggers a major neurological........

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