IT’S WHAT YOU DO WITH IT
A young man who had the entire left hemisphere of his brain removed to stop chronic seizures when he was eight years old now has language skills within the normal range. The left side normally deals with language, but scans show that the man, now 22, has developed language regions in the right side, an extraordinary example of the brain’s ability to make new connections.
NOT WHILE I’M OVULATING
Women are less trusting around the time of ovulation, says a team at Claremont Graduate University in California. Progesterone inhibits the hormone oxytocin, which helps…
