"Imposter syndrome? Lack of confidence? Toxoplasma can help!" Well, at least if you're a wolf.
Communications #Biology study by Meyer et al. shows that #wolves infected with Toxoplasma gondii were bolder and a whopping 46 times more likely to be pack leaders.🐺
@JMBagniewska So many ways our brains are affected by external factors that weren’t traditionally considered - first the big role of the gut microbiome, and now (potentially) this kind of interaction with parasites - there’s so much territory in psychology and neuroscience that we probably don’t even know exists, much less have explored.
@JMBagniewska
So many ways our brains are affected by external factors that weren’t traditionally considered - first the big role of the gut microbiome, and now (potentially) this kind of interaction with parasites - there’s so much territory in psychology and neuroscience that we probably don’t even know exists, much less have explored.