According to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, the larger a person's amygdala, the greater the number of friends and family with whom they interact. This relationship between the size of the amygdala and the size of an individual's social network occurs at any age and in both sexes.
A study from the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience in London suggests that the brain continues to develop after childhood and puberty and that it is not fully mature until we are over 30 years old, and even after reaching the age of 40.
Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Edinburgh have identified the genetic basis for 130 brain diseases. The study, published in the journal 'Nature Neuroscience', also reveals a connection between these pathologies and the evolution of the human brain.
A group of scientists from Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA) has discovered that before the desire to eat chocolate and sweets, the action of imagining taking large amounts of these products can be enough to calm the appetite, according to 'Science' .
Scientists from Emory University say that excessive hygiene could be causing the disappearance of a bacteria that contributes to the anti-inflammatory response of the human brain that until recently protected us from depression. Currently, the rate of depression among young people exceeds that of the mature population.
According to a study published in the journal 'Biological Psychiatry', smokers suffer a thinning of the orbitofrontal cortex of their brain. Specifically, experiments show that the more cigarettes a person smokes per day and the longer they have been a smoker, the thinner their cerebral cortex is in this area.
Men's memories of their mothers' affection during childhood could be reinforced by oxytocin, popularly known as the "love hormone," according to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers at the University of Reading (UK) have started a project to scan the brains of influencers to find out how they make decisions using information that can be complicated and even conflicting.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
