What did Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Mozart, Beethoven, Inmanuel Kant, and Hans Christian Andersen have in common? According to Michael Fitzgerald, an Irish psychiatrist at Trinity College Dublin, all of these great geniuses in history suffered from some form of autism throughout their lives. We tell you eight recent discoveries about this disorder whose main signs and symptoms affect communication, social interactions and repetitive behaviors.
A team of researchers has managed to partially manipulate the memories of several laboratory mice, according to the journal Science. This work, in addition to helping neuroscientists better understand memory formation processes, could be useful in treating schizophrenia or post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Researchers at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, recently discovered that motor actions such as moving objects from one box to another higher up lead to the memory of happier experiences, while the downward movement reminded them of fewer joyful moments and occasions. . The results of the study were published in the journal Cognition.
A hallucination involves the perception of something (a vision, a sound, a smell) that is not physically present. They exist of many types. There are hypnagogic hallucinations, which occur when a person begins to fall asleep and include sensations of falling and tripping on a ladder, while others appear on waking (hypnopompic).
A recent study claims yes. Human replicas resemble and act almost like human beings, but they elicit feelings of displeasure. The perceptual mismatch between appearance and movement could be causing these feelings.
A few years ago, a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience revealed that it is possible to identify whether a person has racist prejudices using a scanner and showing them portraits of subjects with different skin color. Its author, the neuroscientist Jennifer Richeson, explained that the system serves to detect racist attitudes, but does not imply any type of behavior, since people can be impartial despite the fact that their mental activity indicates that they have some type of racial prejudice, that it may or may not be intentional.
People who practice meditation for many years strengthen the connections in their brain and have a greater number of folds in the cortex of the brain, according to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. These characteristics are related to greater memory and the ability to process information and make decisions. In addition, the work demonstrates the plasticity of the brain, that is, its ability to adapt to environmental changes.
Research by scientists from Germany and the United States indicates that the faster a person moves, the more intense are their brain rhythms related to learning and memory.
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.
