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ArticleJournal of neuroendocrinology2026

Neural variability across the transition to motherhood: Enhanced moment-to-moment neural variability during mentalizing in first-time mothers.

Sara Halmans, Milou Straathof, Sophie van 't Hof, Damiaan Denys, Eveline A Crone, Kristoffer N T Månsson, Elseline Hoekzema

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Article in Journal of neuroendocrinology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sara HalmansPregnancy Brain Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1056-4450
Milou StraathofPregnancy Brain Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sophie van 't HofPregnancy Brain Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1758-8966
Damiaan DenysDepartment of Psychiatry, AUMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Eveline A CroneBrain and Development Research Centre, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Kristoffer N T MånssonCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Elseline HoekzemaPregnancy Brain Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

Brain and Behavior Research Foundation 25312European Research Council 948031Leiden University Fund / Elise Mathilde Fund CWB 740s/2t-03-2017Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 451-14-036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pregnancy is known to induce profound structural adaptations in the female brain, especially in regions involved in social cognition. This pre-conception cohort fMRI study examined changes in neural signal variability and functional connectivity during mentalizing tasks among 110 women (M

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BrainMentalizationMothersTheory of MindAdultFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingParityPostpartum PeriodPregnancymentalizingneural variabilityparitypregnancysocial cognition

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PMID42062236
PMCPMC13132796

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