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Moms, emotions, exercise and memory—multiple factors affect 'pregnancy brain' (opens in a new tab)
medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-19
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Moms, emotions, exercise and memory—multiple factors affect 'pregnancy brain'
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Pregnancy brain? Relationships between meeting prenatal physical activity guidelines, stress, anxiety, cognitive functioning in pregnancy and postpartum
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Claim 1 of 4Not checkedSymptoms of anxiety and depression are associated with higher levels of 'pregnancy brain' or 'baby brain' in a new Penn State study.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 4Not checkedThe researchers found that, on average, women who reported more physical activity did not experience less brain fog, but women who experienced more symptoms of anxiety or depression did experience more brain fog.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 4Not checkedExercise helped reduce brain fog among women with high levels of depressive symptoms, but it may have increased brain fog among new mothers with high levels of anxiety symptoms.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 4Not checkedThe study recruited 56 women in central Pennsylvania around 30 weeks pregnant, and 46 completed follow-up questionnaires six weeks after birth.View evidenceHide evidence
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Pregnancy brain? Relationships between meeting prenatal physical activity guidelines, stress, anxiety, cognitive functioning in pregnancy and postpartum
Psychology & Health · 2026
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Pregnancy brain? Relationships between meeting prenatal physical activity guidelines, stress, anxiety, cognitive functioning in pregnancy and postpartum
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