|Researchers at the Australian National University in Canberra
spent ten years investigating the effects of pregnancy on
women's brains and found that "baby brain" syndrome is an urban
myth. Although many women claim to suffer a slump in mental and
verbal abilities during the pregnancy, the condition actually
improves cognitive skills, the researchers found. Chief
researcher, Professor Helen Christensen, explained that women's
faculties adjust in the early stages of motherhood to enable
them to deal with unexpected and stressful occurrences. If you
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