Parental Brain 101: Oxytocin and Brain Mechanisms (Ch 4)
A deep dive into the research on oxytocin and the brain mechanisms regulating maternal behaviour in nonhuman mammals - based on Chapter 4 of The Parental Brain (Oxford Uni Press).
To be honest, I was quite excited to delve into this chapter highlighting oxytocin’s role in maternal behaviour. I’m not an oxytocin (OT for short) researcher and rarely think of OT, but when it comes to motherhood, we all love to talk about OT, the ‘love hormone’, the reason we bond to our babies….but is it?
I think we gi…
