‘Mommy brains’ sought
Researchers at SFU are looking for healthy pregnant women in their second or third trimester to participate in a study about how memory is affected by pregnancy.
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Updated: July 11, 2009 12:08 PM
Simon Fraser University psychology researchers are hoping to learn more about how women’s memories may be affected during pregnancy and the role that hormones may play.
Researchers with the Maternal Cognition Research Program are looking for healthy women in their second or third trimester to be study participants.
The task involves 90-minute memory tests and hormones (via a saliva sample and hand scan) will also be measured. Results may help health care professionals in the delivery of effective pre- and post-natal care.
“Despite the frequency with which we hear about this phenomenon, little research has been done to identify what these changes are and how they happen,” says psychology PhD student Jaime Palmer, who is part of a research team working with SFU neuroscientist Neil Watson.
In an earlier study (2005), researchers found preliminary evidence that the fetus can have specific effects on mothers’ memory.
For details, call Jaime Palmer at 778-782-7656, e-mail jlp10@sfu.ca or call Marianne Meadahl at 778-782-4323.
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