Is your cat making you more conservative? Strange case of toxoplasmosis
One in five or more of you reading this article are likely to be infected with toxoplasmosis. You probably caught it from a cat but it doesn’t make you feel obviously ill. It does, however, make you behave differently. Two papers published this year support the idea that this common brain parasite can even make us vote differently. Infection makes you less cooperative and a bit more aggressive, which in wolves makes them more likely to become a leader.
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