27 9 / 2012
Multiple Contacts Are Key to Synapse Formation
Multiple synaptic contacts between nerve cells facilitate the creation of a new contact, as neuroscientists from the Bernstein Center Freiburg and the Forschungszentrum Jülich report in the latest issue of the journal PLoS Computational Biology. An integral mechanism of memory foundation is the formation of additional contacts between neurons in the brain. However, until now it was not known what conditions lead to the development of such synapses and how they are stabilized once created. By studying mathematical models, the scientists found a simple explanation for how and when synapses form – or disappear – in the brain.
17 9 / 2012
Jon Ronson’s The Pyschopath Test emphasises the fact that so called ‘evil’ people evidently don’t know what they are doing is considered ‘evil’ and it’s not that they don’t care. Incidently, a psychopath can be as well-behaved as any of us and doesn’t necessarily make his or her mental insecurity known to anyone. I could be a psychopath and no would have a clue until I killed someone, or several. Hitler was a beautiful artist.
(Source: adolfi, via leftovershrooms)
