"Imposter syndrome? Lack of confidence? Toxoplasma can help!"
Well, at least if you're a wolf.

Communications study by Meyer et al. shows that infected with Toxoplasma gondii were bolder and a whopping 46 times more likely to be pack leaders.🐺

nature.com/articles/s42003-022

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So many ways our brains are affected by external factors that weren't traditionally considered - first the big role of the gut microbiome, and now (potentially) this kind of interaction with parasites - there's so much territory in psychology and neuroscience that we probably don't even know exists, much less have explored.

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