Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Raising children protects the brain against aging, according to an analysis of UK Biobank [link to accounts below] data. As benefits were observed in men and women, they are likely caused by the mental workout of caregiving, rather than pregnancy. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Raising children protects the brain against aging, according to an analysis of UK Biobank [link to accounts below] data. As benefits were observed in men and women, they are likely caused by the mental workout of caregiving, rather than pregnancy. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...