UA researcher Anita Koshy has received two grants to study how Toxoplasma infection affects the brain’s immune response, and also how it manipulates the neurons with which the parasite interacts.
For most people, the idea that their brain may be infected with a microscopic parasite isn’t exactly cause for celebration. (more…)
People who care about justice are swayed more by reason than emotion, according to new brain scan research from the Department of Psychology and Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience.
Psychologists have found that some individuals react more strongly than others to situations that invoke a sense of justice—for example, seeing a person being treated unfairly or mercifully. The new study used brain scans to analyze the thought processes of people with high “justice sensitivity.” (more…)
