Here is what I am reading today: autism and testosterone cycle imbalance “For every female that has autism there are four males. To better understand this sex bias, Valerie Hu at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington DC and colleagues studied a gene implicated in autism called retinoic Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: do snails dream? “Richard Stephenson and Vern Lewis of the University of Toronto in Canada noticed that great pond snails (Lymnaea stagnalis) in tanks in their lab spent 10 per cent of the time in a “quiescent” state: they would attach themselves to Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: what dieting tells about how you keep the weight off “This study examined the relationship between previous dietary adherence during a low-calorie diet weight loss intervention and subsequent weight change during a 2-year follow-up for weight maintenance.” you can smell vibrating molecules? “How Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: brain zap anyone? “Experience can be a disadvantage, since preconceptions may limit our ability to creatively solve a problem we think we’ve seen before. However, stimulating the brain in a certain way may provide flashes of insight, according to two scientists.” consuming alcohol Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: extra testosterone affects your empathy “A new study from Utrecht and Cambridge Universities has for the first time found that an administration of testosterone under the tongue in volunteers negatively affects a person’s ability to ‘mind read’, an indication of empathy. The findings Read more…