37. The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter by Katherine Ellison Lots of studies done on rats in this one. The author is an investigative journalist, and that is evident throughout. She reports on myriad behavioral and evolutionary psychology studies and reports, mixed with anecdotes. It was interesting for a while, but left open some implications, such as what does it mean for a mother who doesn't experience what the rats (and therefore, we must assume, women) do? At times it was held... read more
