Dad brain with neuroscientist Darby Saxbe

We've seen this kind of revolution in father involvement. And what we see in the brain echoes a little bit what we see in mothers. And it tells us that human men come equipped with a neurobiology that is responsive and dynamic. when men invest in parenthood. Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast with Ted on the science of what makes us tick.

I'm an organizational psychologist. and taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking. Darby Saxby is the clinical psychologist and neuroscientist at USC. Her specialty is parenting, specifically dads. and how their brains react and change when they welcome a child into their lives.

Darby unpacks her groundbreaking research in her new book, Dad Brain. which focuses on the biological, psychological, and social transformations men undergo when they become fathers. Turns out their brains change in similar, if less intense, ways, as New Bomb's brains. But for men, it's less triggered by immediate biological shifts. more determined by their own behavior.

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