How Parenting Affects Your Intelligence « Annie Murphy Paul

Originally published at: http://eduk8.me/2016/06/parenting-affects-intelligence-annie-murphy-paul/
It’s distressing to think that the sound of a baby crying reduces our mental agility just at the moment when we most need it. But it helps to take the long view of parenthood and its effects on our intellectual capacities. In her wonderful book The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter, journalist Katherine Ellison reviews…