Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Placebo effect is not all in the mind
Scientists in the United States have shown that the brain makes a distinct chemical response when patients are given a treatment they expect to work, shedding light on how therapies that have no active ingredients can nonethele...
A new pathway to pathology?
It’s not every day that a new anatomical pathway is discovered, so the recent finding that the primate thalamus receives dopaminergic inputs from various brain regions was bound to be greeted with interest. This robust an...
Baby study suggests beauty is not in the eye of the beholder
Babies come into the world with a genetic predisposition to favouring pretty faces rather than ugly ones, according to a new study.
Chimps to People: Apes show contrasts in genetic makeup
Despite sharing much of their genetic identity with people, chimpanzees exhibit previously unappreciated DNA distinctions, according to the first rigorous comparisons of the two species’ complete genetic sequences.
Battle in the brain predicts risky behaviour
Pleasure and anxiety centres decide when a safe bet beats a dicey one.
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