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Schizophrenia is a serious illness affecting around 1% of the population, and is responsible for significant suffering for sufferers and carers alike. Although there is substantial evidence for a biological basis, the diagnosis is still based on symptoms …

Music is said to have many virtues. Recently, it has been credited with improving intelligence and language, and altering brain structure. Here, I analyze the extent to which these phenomena of cognitive transfer and cerebral plasticity are compatible …

The commission for Giovanni Bellini's painting of St. Francis in the Frick Collection coincided with developments of the Franciscan Observant movement in the Veneto in general, and, in particular, with the refurbishing of the Franciscan convent in the …

Salmonella has numerous interactions with various host tissues and cells, as well as with the intestinal microbiota, during the infectious process. Typhoid fever has been described in detail, but models producing gastroenteritis in mice have only recently …

Theory of mind or mentalization refers to the ability to make inferences about the mental states of others: their intentions, desires and beliefs. Numerous studies use brain imaging to explore the neural basis of these abilities, and their results are …

Music, and a fortiori musical emotions, are rarely considered as biologically constrained experiences. On the contrary, research over the last decade has shown that musical emotions have a universal basis and mobilize a set of neural circuits recognized …