Fathers Lose Testosterone When They Raise Their Kids | Aldrich Chan, Psy.D.

Fathers Lose Testosterone When They Raise Their Kids | Aldrich Chan, Psy.D.

Most people assume becoming a parent is an emotional change, but a measurable part of it is hormonal, and it happens in fathers too. I sat down with Aldrich Chan, Psy.D., to talk about what changes in the brain, why the split we draw between mind and body does not hold up, and what decides whether stress reads as manageable or overwhelming when the hormones are identical either way.

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⏰Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction: what a neuropsychologist measures

03:25 - Mild cognitive impairment and proactive interference

04:52 - The SAD theory: separation, alienation, discord

06:30 - The default mode network and 46.9% mind wandering

08:56 - Reframing ADHD as an evolutionary advantage

18:21 - Evolutionary mismatch and hunter-gatherer comparisons

21:03 - Neuroplasticity, epigenetics, and the 24-hour timeline

24:29 - Mind-body dualism and the gut-brain connection

31:31 - What fatherhood does to the brain and testosterone

36:47 - Choice overload and the four-bit working memory limit

39:54 - Temporal discounting and building immediate feedback

43:23 - Vital signals and how to identify a core value

49:49 - Intuition, somatic markers, and the vmPFC

55:00 - The 20-watt brain versus a 10-gigawatt supercomputer

01:02:58 - Only 35% of the brain is built at birth

01:06:13 - Creativity, nothingness, and the fear of uncertainty

01:16:31 - Process, flow states, and the jazz pianist studies

01:22:53 - Mirror neurons, group selection, and the rat experiments

01:34:20 - Eustress and the line between moderate and major stress

01:44:39 - Alloparenting and what the Hadza numbers show

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