PSYC23H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pituitary Gland, Preoptic Area, Oxytocin Receptor
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In the past, by 24 80% were married. Most people wont have kids until they are in their 30s. Probably started during hunter gatheres because it was easier for mother to carry child around when they roam around for food. Want good reputations of taking caring of children to impress their current mates and their future potential mates. Don"t know about brain changes cant learn much from rat brain. Inaccuracy: rodent brain literature states that cognitive functioning are lost, and then we assume it"s the case in humans very little evidence supporting that mothers lose cognitive ability. Is due to differences in cognition in rat and humans. If go back to animal studies and find out what they meant by cognition, and then we test it in humans, does tend to be the same. Science gets confusion about how we relate results from animal studies to humans.
