Monday, December 14, 2009

Pregnant women develop emotion-reading superpowers - life - 14 December 2009 - New Scientist

Pregnant women develop emotion-reading superpowers - life - 14 December 2009 - New Scientist

RAGING hormones during pregnancy prompt mood swings, but may also lead to a heightened ability to recognise threatening or aggressive faces. This may have evolved because it makes future mothers hyper-vigilant, yet it could also make them more vulnerable to anxiety.

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