How Your Baby Changes Your Brain
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- Опубліковано 4 бер 2018
- You might feel overwhelmed, and have no idea what you're doing when you first have a baby, but evolution has prepared you to take care of your kids.
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"one might say it's... apparent"
Hank. Did you just make a Dad joke on an episode on Dad brain chemistry after becoming a Dad?
.....Hank just reached peak Dad. I love it.
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Awesome comment! 🤣
Dadception
Becoming a dad makes you....
Brain-dad...
I’ll see myself outside.
Already with the dad jokes?
Lmaoo
Im outside in my truck now 😂
I'm walking with you.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This explains a few things from living with my sister to help care for her and my niece during the pregnancy and for about two years after she was born. I suddenly heard differences in baby cries without realizing it and I'm a lot more understanding about crying children in stores in general. I think it made me more empathetic in general on top of that.
SAME!! And I very much helped raise my sister AND later HER baby!
Guess that is why people keep telling me it's different when it's your own child.
I still don't want one.
confusedwhale I'd rather get married, and marriage is already a nightmare situation for me!
Whaaat this videos whole point is to disprove that
Dad doesnt have anything to do with a baby physically
still they get a dad brain
I saw the title and my reaction was "I so hope this is a Hank video". I was not disappointed
Katie Moss
Yeah I hoped so too. That is ONE lucky child. Think maybe in 20 years Hank’s child(ren?)and John’s children will take over the channel and continue in their father’s works and family businesses? What does fate have in store for them? Hank and John must constantly think about it.
Main change when you become a dad
Dad jokes become funny.
Dad jokes are never not funny!
What kind of tea comes with its own milk?
a tit tea
I never knew that having a baby affected dad's brain chemistry too! I've only ever heard girls complaining of "baby brain"! You learn something new everyday 😊
Science with Katie baby brain can also refer to feeling the need to get kids.
Science with Katie I can’t even get it how can the body know that there is a child coming so I need to get the brain bigger ( dads I mean )
So if had sex without a child would my brain get bigger ?
How can the body know there is a baby coming???!
It's after the baby is born that the changes occur, it seems. Perhaps being near your off spring and interacting with them affects you somehow that a stranger's baby doesn't?
pizzagroom a strangers baby probably would too.
Just as long as you take care of it, feel responsible over it. And are around it a lot.
It is still their baby if say the girl cheated.
It would be logical if it was this way. Because from experience. My dad is a stereotypical dad in dad skills. And if you hear the old stories. He definitely changed. When i was born.
He is not my biological dad, my mom was raped and my parents didn't want a kid yet. So condoms.
Sadly, there is no research yet on adopted or families like mine. Not biological, still family dad.
Dad's need to get more credit. There are definitely strong paternal instincts. And dad's make just as great care givers as mom's all other things being equal.
We've isolated the part of the brain that makes dad jokes!!
This is why parents tell non-parents "You don't know what you're missing. Best thing in the whole world!". Same thing an Oxy user will tell you... "Best feeling in the whole world!".
umm, oxytocin, the hormone released form parenthood and bonding, is very different from oxycontin, aka oxycodone or "oxy", the pain killer often used as a recreational drug, and you wouldn't want to confuse the two
You should feel embarrassed that you felt the need to explain that
Heroin users be like, sure kid :P
If being a parent is so wonderful, how do you explain the huge number of parents who abuse, neglect and abandon their children.
@@r3x3is9 -average redditor
The tone you used at the end scared me: "Like my baby"
Lol
Maybe baby.
Zaman Siddiqui maybe baby
Infectedstyles Guess you know the American Dad reference too? Too funny. 😂
Zaman Siddiqui Of course I do. My gf and I do it all the time. One of my favorite episodes.
do a video about why there are morning people/night owls
hoot.
The theory is that during the time when humans lived in small groups, having people with different sleep cycles increased the chance of survival. Since it meant that someone was always awake and could protect the group against threats.
that's honestly a viable hypothesis. but...is it a theory? how do you test something like that?
Tizona Amanthia apart from guess work it’s quite hard to judge where and why behaviours developed but you could test maybe traditional tribes in the jungle but that would be quite unethical as chances are they’d not want to be disturbed and by disturbing them you may destroy their way of life
Tizona Amanthia It boils down to natural selection. If a trait is not useful it will disappear from the organism over time. A trait that helps with survival will be passed on. Since children tend to inherit the circadian rhythm of their parents it is obvious that it is innate in us.
It is also advisable to take into the account that a scientific theory is different from our everyday theory. And the theory about different sleep patterns being beneficial to the group comes from science.
My father became a troll, but only after he had kids. We were often on the receiving end of it.
I think the "making new babies" was not in the script and was an improv. Also, I'm so glad this is a Hank video (with him being a new dad and all) ;)
He's a new dad? That's so cool :D Congrats to him.
I hope you do one on parent-child (non-sexual) abuse. It could save people from trauma and years of therapy. I know it could have saved me but I didn't realize I was abused until i was already an adult =( Why do some adults feel entitled to treat their children like they`re property? There`s a lot of the same issue on couples, like the gaslighting thing... I believe it is done by parent's to their kids regularly and sometimes it's even accepted. Maybe a video on the nature of psychological abuse? On children? By their parents?
okay but does that only happen to parents or other people in the same household, like sibblings, grandparents etc. too???
Hanna Würfel but the siblings won’t behave like parents so probably not
Glad it was Hank doing the episodes. Again, congratulations on your precious spawn. May the Greens live forever!
Huh, neat! I wonder if any similar things happen when raising pets. We learned in the SciShow episode about why cat knead that it's a form of neonatal behavior, so I wonder if these kinds of caring interactions with pets might be causing similar changes. It could make sense of our ability to care for adopted children, I suppose. Man, psychology and biology in general sure is neat. :)
"Pregnancy is weird". "How your Baby changes your Brain".
My wife and I are getting our first kid. So, coincidence or "The Algorithm" outdoing itself?
Djuki Thank you. But is SciShow spying on us too? ;-)
Oh, the algorithm knows. It was uncanny how quickly Google and UA-cam figured it out when my baby was born, both in recommendations, ads, the whole nine yards
Manfred Höffken, and Hank had his first one not long ago.
Heh, yeah I'm in the same boat. My girlfriend and I are expecting our first in April. I've noticed the amount of baby related stuff on Facebook has really increased.
Same
"parent lost volume in part of the brain associated to day dreaming" sounds to me like the dying of all life dream of the parent in question...
Less anger, a lot less selfishness and being generally 'softer', and the effect seems permanent.
i wanna know if the same thing happens to teenagers whose parents have a new baby
Kaden Burchett my brothers were born when I was 11 and 16, respectively, and I definitely felt a lot of parental feelings since I was basically helping raise them. Even to today, sometimes I feel like more of a parent than a sibling. I remember holding my brother for the first time and it was like I could feel the oxytocin dump in my brain; it was such an overwhelming wave of affection and protectiveness over a little human that hadn’t even been named yet. So my guess would be yes, but I’d love to see some research on it!
M Terry yeah my brother was born when i was twelve so the same thing happened to me
You can develop parental feelings toward a pet.
Kaden Burchett
Did you watch the video? 4:38 he addresses this.
Thomas More i did, yes. but all the studies were done with adults in traditional families. child and adolescent brains are still developing so i was wondering if it affects how the brain develops. i should have clarified that.
The delivery of "like my baby" at the end was adorable Hank
Is it just caring for a baby or would it happen if you care for another non-human being? Like a dog or a cat?
Science confirmed: having kids kills your dreams...
lol
😂 or helps you stay motivated to build your dreams. Just speaking from experience!!
"The dad bod".. someday young lads.. this will all be yours.. whether you like it or not.. it'll grow into it.
Is this how dads develop liquid fast reflexes that allow them to catch their kids right before they fall off of something?
I loved being a dad. Nothing's quite as meaningful once they grow up.
Thanks!
I’ve been rocking the dad-bod since day dot.
Interesting. I seem to struggle with parenting in ways that neurotypicals don't seem to display. I have ADHD and a lightbulb went off in my brain when this video mentioned the shrinkage in the "day dream" areas of the brain. I'm wondering if there's a link between my experiences and my executive function disorder. I found my daughters cries to be distressing and had a major depressive episode for the first few years post birth. I still find interacting with her difficult now as she's a strong trigger of my sensory overload but none the less I still sure do get those warm fuzzy feelings when I get cuddles.
lack of sleep will twist your mind pretty good.
Thanks for reminding me.. Tomorrow will be rough
Jin Ruidmongm Look up Russian Sleep Experiment.
Sleep deprivation can have similar effects to being drunk.
It's my drug of choice. ;-)
dude! you're everywhere
Miss you, little bird.
Thanks most of all for listing your sources. Not only for research but the truth has been elusive recently.
Great info!
Maybe this explains how I've become so much more mirroring and comfortable with babies in the last few months, even though I'm not a father.
"Like mah babeh" Best Hank Green line I think I've ever herd
Nice video, makes sense
Wonder if the same happens if you get a puppy.
Dads really don’t get enough credit my husband is the best dad in the world
Could there be a correlation between too little/a lack of prolactin, and conditions like postpartum psychosis or postnatal depression?
Apparently it's been found that it occurs in the primary caregiver regardless of whether they are are the mother or not.
Get away kid, you’re cramping my style. 😎
This makes me wonder about people who grew up as a single child compared to those who grew up with younger siblings, and how their brains might look different
I went from infantry to police to single parent to my baby, I became a totally different person.
I couldn't stop thinking about how funny I found the "apparent" bit so I was distracted for the whole video
As a new parent, I loved this video
So glad none of this will ever happen to me. :)
Thanks a lot for this interesting video. Are there also experiments done about how the brain reacts on caring for animals? Caring for those cute kittens or puppies, or other animals?
There are plenty of researches about the increase in oxytocin level in both dog and dog owners when they play together.
T S thanks a lot for your answer. This is very interesting. My heart melts, not only when I see a baby, but also when I see young animals, and other animals too. I want to cuddle them, and take care of them. Now I know, it is oxytocin too.
I've done some research for an essay I made a few months ago about how similar are dogs and children. The main difference between dogs and wolves is that they form human-like attachment bonds with humans even as adults, while wolves detach when they become adults.
As for humans, they create attachments bonds too, and the response of their brain when they see or talk about their dogs (I'm confident other pets as well) is pretty similar when they see or talk about their children. They become, essentially, their pet's parents.
Obviously not everyone feels this kind of bond: It depends on how they value their relationship with their pets, and by the way, this bond can be the cause of many behaviour problems if humans have high neuroticism.
2:34 so this loss in daydreaming is basically why "dad instincts" are a thing? Thats actually really cool.
If the takeaway from this is that caring for an infant makes your brain better able to care for an infant, an interesting followup study would be other family members - such as older children of the new (again) parents - are affected. If an older sibling helps heavily with taking care of the newborn, and is of sufficient age that such massive swings of changes aren't attributable to other factors, does it change them in the same way?
Can you please make a video about BPD? ❤️
LOVE THIS SO ..M
It is fascinating how our bodies can make us change in behavior
Yeah they never taught us about bonding(father's to be getting "morning sickness"), babies covering us in throw up, or how much of a budget you'll need for a child in schools.....
Could y'all explain dark eye circles? I'll get them wether I get too little or too much sleep. Sometimes anyways. Others times I feel just fine but I have them.
But then I could do all that and not have them.
Dad's, the trainers of the new generation, in jokes, and play
This is slightly reassuring
I wonder if this applies in any degree to closely taking care of other things/people besides a baby (such as an animal you care deeply about or an aging parent/other family member). It would be interesting to find out if similar situations create any of these responses.
I'm pretty sure that I'm lacking in whatever brain chemicals that make us care for or nurture others. I'm repulsed by messiness and dependency, and can't abide elderly people or children.
Congratulations Hank, you're mutating. Wonderful, isn't it? :-) [And on that note, I should adopt a cat...]
Perhaps this also applies to other areas of the brain, if it happens that you decide to start a new thing and dedicate your attention to doing your best at it, such as getting into understanding, playing and composing music. However, such a dramatic new start at something and with dedication is not so likely to happen with the exception of becoming a parent.
What children... I feel the same every time I'm cloned.
I have a question.... first though I didnt know to comment in scishow phych
Or just scishow so here it is why do we pace/ why we get up and walk around when anxious
(It might be a silly question)
so this is why i love science. NO self help book or parenting book in my opinion can do as good of a job comforting a new parent as science. Same with pregnancy, knowing the science while I was pregnant was calming.
Welp, with my track record that's never going to happen.
It hasn't changed much or I simply keep resistance to the changes, but yeah I feel how it all has somehow turned up side down.
It’s as if an imaginary microchip gets activated inside a man’s brain that automatically makes him caring and parental once he sees his new baby in his arms 👶🏻
What causes the changes? Is it a psychological response to having a kid or a physiological one based on some type of activity done w/ the child?
Or something else
Please do a video about dsd
A few of the mums from the play group love my dad bod.
Next question: how long does this change stay? Does it ever change back?
*Funny outro btw
Our brains grow in size and we become smarter.. we also get better as we age.. deal with it 😆
Like ma baby!
Are does changes permanent or do they go away with time?
Probably as permanent as parenting lol
I guess not everyone gets Dad Brain though.
I wanna know what the (if any) effects on siblings that are much older. like a person with a teenage kid having a baby, if it changes the teenage kid's brain in a similar way?
Less day dreaming and stress? Does it work if I raise a child for a few months then punt it away because I don't wanna raise a kid?
Seriously SciShow? Nothing negative mentioned at all from being a parent, like at all? Everything is beautiful and dandy in our brains?
The topic is brain changes, sweetheart.
The topic is brain changes, not psychological changes, there is a difference.
Yes, you are correct, but did Hank mention what changes from that in the video?
Babies are zombies too
What about older siblings that take care of their younger ones, acting like a third parent?
Does our brain change too? I'd think it does. Does it though? I think it does... BUT DOES IT?.... I think it does.... But?
I really think this will depend on the family's specific situation though. More research is needed.
Dorupero He said this in the video
"Like my baby"
how about being a caretaker? does that change your brain (to a parent's brain)?
why did I know I'd find development of dad jokes in the comments lmao
"Laik mah baebi"
Does this still happen to couples who had a miscarriage?
What about alternative families and single parent families?
Does this explain the "+2 tenths per lap" effect that racing drivers have after a child?
are these affects present in parents who adopted a kid rather than giving birth to one?
Now I'm interested if rearing pets will affect our brain the same way.
“Like my baby” so hilarious
thats why I just hate my little sister when she is crying. or at least get really annoyed by her.
I wonder why so many dads get none of these changes. Instead of dad-reflex they just don't pay attention until the mom gets their attention. It's just sad how they get to live life the same way while their wives have their whole lives completely changed.
So does this happen for each child you have ??
Damn never been this early
I wonder if these changes in brain activity are permanent?
that last line was creepy as hell.
How about getting a pet ? I love my little cat my life changed dramatically after I got her 😍😭❤
this is cute
You are to cute Hank.
Creepiest ending to a video I've ever seen
I've been noticing the term "pregnant people" in previous videos, and "parents who have not given birth" in this one.
That seems like a smart way to include inclusive language, using more everyday phrasing. I've seen the batshit reactions to some earlier attempts to make these kinds of distinctions, when using more technical terms, and it was predictably tiresome.