Summary: Researchers report our genetic makeup influences our ability to read a person’s emotions or thoughts through their eyes. Source: University of Cambridge. Our DNA influences our ability to read a person’s thoughts and emotions from looking at their eyes, suggests a new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Twenty years ago, a teamContinue reading “Genes Influence Ability to Read a Person’s Mind From Their Eyes”
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Addiction, risk takers brain scan
The study, which was conducted by Dr. Francesca Filbey, found that risk-taking teens have hyperconnectivity between the amygdala and areas of the prefrontal cortex associated with critical thinking skills and emotion regulation. The amygdala is responsible for emotional reactions. The nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex also showed increased activity, with the former often a pointContinue reading “Addiction, risk takers brain scan”