by Flinders University You’re faced with a big decision so your second brain provides what’s normally referred to as “gut instinct,” but how did this sensation reach you before it was too late? The enteric nervous system (ENS) is an extensive network of neurons and transmitters wrapped in and around the human gut with the...
by University of Alabama at Birmingham This research offers fundamental insights about sensory thalamic subnetworks and will enable powerful new strategies to probe behavioral and perceptual functions of these distinct circuits. Credit: UAB The thalamus is a “Grand Central Station” for sensory information coming to our brains. Almost every sight, sound, taste and touch we...
Anne Borden King had already battled online health misinformation as a parent of a child with autism. Then, as a patient, she was barraged on Facebook by bogus cancer “cure” advertisements after posting about her diagnosis. Borden, a co-founder of the Campaign Against Phony Autism Cures, talked to me about what we and Facebook can...
People exposed to vaccine content on social media more likely misinformed than those exposed to it on traditional media ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA People who rely on social media for information were more likely to be misinformed about vaccines than those who rely on traditional media, according to a study...
