Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...

A startling new study shows that cells that are exquisitely sensitive to oxytocin are found in a tiny region in the brains of female but not male mice. This could be of great importance in explaining ...

Various conditions such as postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis can lead to an alteration in maternal behavior and disrupt the mother-child bonding process. A research team has conducted a ...

A recent discovery may have given scientists a more complete understanding of the mechanisms underpinning maternal instinct. New research has discovered differences in the distribution of neurons ...

A maternal health mobile app helped pregnant women learn more about delivery sanitation, tetanus vaccination, reproductive tract infection symptoms, HIV/AIDS testing, and iron tablet usage. A mobile ...

Expertise and opinions of authors published by ForbesBooks. Imprint operated under license. As I spent time with my mother at my daughter’s graduation this past Mother’s Day, I reflected on my journey ...

Introduction: A history of adversity in childhood is associated with cigarette smoking in adulthood, but there is less evidence for prenatal and next-generation offspring smoking. We investigated the ...

Sumatran orangutan mothers differ from one another in how they behave with and take care of their infants and how flexibly they adjust their mothering behaviors as their infants grow. Whilst mothers ...

The time a spider plant mom remains tethered to her spiderette can be influenced by the daughter plant's environment.