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social nervous system

Is mother’s milk the original social network?

Cortisol is supposed to be in milk. How much cortisol a mother passes on in milk may have more to do with communicating to infants about energy than stress. ...

The Microbiome Challenges our Concept of Self

The human is not a unitary entity but a dynamic and interactive community of human cells and microbial cells. Self is not a human trait but the product of complex interactions between human cells and a multitude of m ...

The Neurobiology of Compassion

The Neurobiology of Compassion

Emiliana Simon-Thomas explains the neurobiology of compassion in a very clear and simple way. ...