Newborn smell affects the brain in the same way tempting food does

Ever wonder why you have an urge to gobble up any baby you come across?

 

Scientists have discovered that the smell of a baby actually excites women in the same way an addict is excited by drugs.

 

Newborns give off a chemical that triggers the same reward circuits in a woman’s brain that are triggered when she’s eating something nice.

 

It’s nature’s way of forming a bond between mother and newborn, but it still triggers a reaction in women holding any baby. However research found that the reaction was stronger in women who have had children.