Mother Brain

The science of our changing selves

Welcome to Mother Brain by me, Melissa Hogenboom.

In short and (semi) regular updates, I’ll write evidence-backed musings about equality, health sciences, power dynamics and human behaviour, showing how and why we change for better or worse - and all the forces at play to cause this. It may even make you reconsider the choices we make.

About me:

I’m an award-winning science journalist at the BBC, where I’ve now been for over 11 years dabbling in TV, digital and radio. I run a digital video team (BBC Reel) where I make and commission films - and I also write features now and again.

I am the author of two books:  The Motherhood Complex  (Piatkus, Little, Brown) and my upcoming book is Breadwinners (Canongate, August 2025) Find out more about me here.

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