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Mommy Brain Revisited

Dr. Jodi Pawluski

Mommy Brain Revisited: the neuroscience of parenting - A podcast for parents, health care providers, scientists and anyone interested in current research on ‘mommy brain’ and brain changes w...

Episodes

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66. Appetite Control in Pregnancy and Postpartum

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited, host Dr. Jodi Pawluski speaks with Prof Dave Grattan about how appetite is controlled during pregn...

00:34:10Oct 15, 2026

65. Dopamine’s Role in Remodelling the Maternal Brain

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited , host Dr. Jodi Pawluski speaks with Dr. Jennifer O'Chan at Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School...

00:28:49Jul 17, 2026

64. How a Second Pregnancy Reshapes the Maternal Brain

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited , host Dr. Jodi Pawluski speaks with Dr. Elseline Hoekzema about her recent research on how pregnan...

00:19:19Jun 19, 2026

63. Fatherhood, Motivation, and the Paternal Brain

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited , host Dr. Jodi Pawluski speaks with Dr. James Rilling from the Department of Psychology at Emory U...

00:21:55May 19, 2026

62. Midwifery Student's Q&A about the Maternal Brain

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited , I answer thoughtful and candid questions submitted by midwifery students, our next generation of...

00:31:15Mar 28, 2026

61. SSRIs and Pregnancy

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited, Dr Tim Oberlander and I briefly discuss SSRI use in pregnancy and the importance of focusing on ma...

00:23:48Dec 11, 2025

60. Psychedelics Postpartum

In this episode, I sit down with Danielle S. Stolzenberg, Ph.D. , Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of C...

00:24:53Nov 15, 2025

59. Probiotics and the Maternal Brain

Welcome to another episode of Mommy Brain Revisited ! In this episode, I’m joined by Prof. Joseph Lonstein (Michigan State University) to ta...

00:19:17Sep 16, 2025

58. Maternal Affect and Mother-Offspring Dynamics

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited, I’m joined by Dr. Mariana Pereira, an Associate Professor at UMass. We dive into the maternal affe...

00:34:11Aug 8, 2025

57. Prolactin and Thermoregulation in Pregnancy

Pregnancy isn’t just about a baby bump—it’s also a massive hormonal and physiological shift, including how the body regulates temperature. I...

00:29:27Jul 4, 2025

56. Postpartum Brain Changes

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Prof Dr Natalya Chechko, a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy at Aachen Univers...

00:26:48May 15, 2025

55. Emotion Regulation and the Maternal Brain

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Katie Haigler, a graduate student at Penn State, about her research detailing how the m...

00:33:03Apr 4, 2025

54. Caregiving and the Paternal Brain

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Prof Wendy Saltzman, who is in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Bio...

00:37:12Mar 7, 2025

53. Brain Changes Across Pregnancy

In this episode I talk with Dr Laura Pritschet about her recent research detailing how the brain changes across pregnancy. It’s a fascinatin...

00:46:45Feb 7, 2025

52. Oxytocin and Baby Cries

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited, I talk with Dr Silvana Valtcheva, a Junior Group Leader at University of Cologne in the Faculty of...

00:49:18Nov 1, 2024

51. Dad Brain

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited, I talk with Dr Darby Saxbe, Professor of Psychology at USC Dornslife. We talk about her recent wor...

00:29:38Sep 6, 2024

50. Birth and the Brain

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Susana Carmona, Research Scientist at the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Grego...

00:27:28Sep 6, 2024

49. Nesting and Neurons

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Nicolas Renier, the Team Leader of the Laboratory of Structural Plasticity at the Pa...

00:51:49Jul 5, 2024

48. Growing a Social Brain

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Shir Atzil an Assistant Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. We discuss...

00:53:26Jun 7, 2024

47. Bonding with Bump: Interoception and Pregnancy

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Catherine Preston, an Associate Professor at the University of York. We talk about b...

00:56:45May 3, 2024