The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter

by Katherine Ellison

Book Overview

In The Mommy Brain, Katherine Ellison reveals the ways that women get smarter after having kids. Motherhood makes women more perceptive, efficient, resilient, motivated, and emotionally intelligent --... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465019056
• ISBN13: 9780465019052
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Author proves "Mommy Brain" a positive thing!

The book that dispels the notions that mothers leave their brains in the delivery room. Katherine Ellison proves scientifically that having children changes mothers' brains for the better! How could that be a bad read?

Amazing Book!

The author does an incredible job of pulling together "real-world" research to back up what she is saying in terms of motherhood making women who are mothers smarter and more able across intelligences. It is a heady read and I enjoyed every minute of it!

Finally.

Hilarious and true. Any parent can relate. Glad to see someone is finally making a thoughtful contribution that is different and thought provoking.

A long awaited and much needed book on motherhood

This book by Ms. Ellison finally tackles some of the myths in our culture regarding motherhood. Her book is not written to further the divide between working or non working mothers.Nor is it to claim that mothers are smarter then women who are not mothers. It is a full and complete collection of recent research that is pulled together to confirm that the biological changes of motherhood enhance a women's potential- not detract from it as is often thought. What separates Ms. Ellison's book from others is her research into new and uncharted territory-daring to explain the complexities of it all not to reduce them to simplistic terms. At times that may mean the reader still has questions but the mere fact of veering from the usual conversation is stimulating and thought provoking.It helps to debunk myths that women lose something after childbirth and instead looks into evolotionary reasons behind some of the biological changes which women experience. It is a great book that looks at the subject from a variety of vantage points which is what makes it a compelling book to read. Kudos to Ms. Ellison for approaching the subject from a new and interesting perspective.

The multi-tasking queen

I never thought about it but I think Ms. Ellison is right. One's ability to multi-task definitely grows with children. Ms. Ellison is able to pull together information from many, many sources and present a body of knowledge in an easy to read and understand format. Rather than thinking that "mothers" make poor employees and are unable to cope because of their "home" responsibilities this book should open eyes. And hopefully also show the advantages of being an involved parent.