Although the process of becoming a parent may seem a"no brainer."The process of parenting taps all of the brain power we can muster.
虽然成为父母的过程似乎不需用脑，但是育儿的过程却汇聚了我们所能用上的脑力。
Parental love and sensitive,responsive parenting are made possible by a core brain system that emerged in the transition from reptiles to mammals, a process that involved essential changes in the structure and chemistry of the brain.
父母之爱和敏感的、反应性的养育可能是由从爬行动物到哺乳动物的转变过程中出现了的一个核心的大脑系统构成。这个过程中，大脑结构和化学物质发生了关键性的改变。
Mammals acquired new brain structures, such as the cingulate, the insula, and the orbital cortex,and brain chemicals such as oxytocin,vasopressin. And prolactin, that made it possible to develop a lovely obsession with taking care of babies---a parental preoccupation with offspring that can be seen in mammals great and small, from mice to whales and elephants.
哺乳动物获得了新的大脑结构，如扣带、脑岛和眶皮层,脑化学物质，如催产素，加压素。还有催乳素，这使得照顾婴儿是一种痴迷成为可能。——这是一种父母对后代的专注，在哺乳动物中可以看到，从大型的到小个子，从老鼠到鲸鱼到大象。
Sea turtles, meanwhile, Iacking these structure and chemicals, invest all of their parental energy in laying and protecting eggs. They then return to the sea, Ieaving their offspring to their fate.
与此同时，海龟却缺少这些结构和化学物质。它们把所有的亲本能投在产卵和保护蛋的中，然后重回大海，让他们的后代自生自灭。
At its core, parenting is an emotional process emanating from deep within our brain, from a set of tightly connected regions, called the limbic system, which is in constant communication with our bodies, especially with our hearts, lungs, and gut.
从根本上说，养育是从我们大脑深处产生的一个情感过程。它来自一组被称为边缘系统的区域。边缘系统与我们的身体，特别是与我们的心、肺和肠紧密联系。
Literally, parenting rests on connections between the brain and the body that enableus to generate loving feelings and to be intensely motivated to care for our children.
毫不夸张地说，养育孩子取决于大脑和身体之间的联系。这种联系让我们产生爱的感觉，并有强烈的动机去照顾我们的孩子。
While we use higer, more uniquely human parts of our brains in our parenting, we rely heavily on the same core system of parental care that evolved millions of yearsago to make paretal love possible. ( Fleming & Li. 2002).
当我们在养育中使用更高、更独特的人类大脑部分时，我们很大程度上依赖于亿万年前进化出相同的养育核心系统，使舔犊之爱成为可能。( Fleming & Li. 2002).