Gene for empathy?
Posted on November 20, 2009
Researchers, Sarina Rodrigues and Laura Saslow have pinpointed a genetic explanation for why some people are better empathizers than others. According to their research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they found that genetic differences that lead to effects of hormone oxytocin were linked to their ability to empathize and trust people.
Summary Report
http://bit.ly/SociallyAwkward
Original Article
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/11/18/0909579106.abstract
Why pain sometimes lingers?
Posted on November 16, 2009
After injury the pain system becomes hypersensitized, i.e, responding with sense of pain to painless area to protect the healing tissue. However, sometime that pain overstay its usefulness.
See the summary report and the original report in Nature.