Will Mozart Make my Baby Smart?: And other mythbusting tales of pregnancy and childhood

Description

Is there a more remarkable process than the creation of human life? Aided by little more than a bottle of wine, a Barry White tune and an agreeable mood, a woman and man can create a truly extraordinary organism. This book is about the wonders of human development. It poses the questions that make you gasp, snigger and ponder in the same instance; the questions that you've thrown around over a coffee with friends, without agreeing on an answer. Dr Andrew Whitehouse takes on thirteen pregnancy and parenting myths: from whether tight jocks reduce sperm health, to baby brain for pregnant mothers; from the imaginary friends children create, to the impact of violent video games.

Dr Andrew Whitehouse is a Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia, and a former Research Fellow at University College, Oxford.