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 determine how trusting we are. It makes sense for this to happen at a time when a woman has to make careful judgements about a potential mate, the team says.
LIFE AFTER DEATH
Brain death is not quite what it seems. For several days after we die, new neurons are ...
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