On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Jim Grisanzio <[email protected]> wrote:
Just speculating here ... but the article says that "brain cell growth is > strongly correlated to learning new things" so I would imagine that the > fathers who split and leave their kids simply do not have the physical > experience of raising a child. So, they do not get the extra brain cells > that result from the experience. The key seems to be the direct experience, > which in this case can be rather all-encompassing (and quite lovely) so I am > not surprised you get a few new brains cells in the process. I surely did. > :) > Well, one cell from somewhere else, quite literally, begets you new brain cells... a very good deal for dads! I .wonder if a similar study on brain cell growth has been done on women.....? Or is it taken for granted that women have brain cell growth ALL the time...or at least when they have childen? Deepa.
