Well I guess we've always known it but now scientists have confirmed that fathers are important for the development and stimulation of baby's brain. A research study done at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany investigated the brain development of rodent offspring in response to maternal or paternal separation. If you do give a rats .... read the whole paper - WARNING, this is literally brain surgery!
Why this study undertaken by Wladimir Ovtscharoff Jr., et al at the Department of Zoology / Developmental Neurobiology is relevant for dads (well rodent dads anyway) is best summarised by the folling sentence in the abstract of their paper:
"Our results query the general assumption that a father has less impact on the synaptic maturation of his offspring's brain than the mother." ... read more >>
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