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The brain seems to have two different systems through which we can put ourselves into the shoes of someone else. These two systems mature at different times such that only four-year-olds can understand what another person is thinking, and not, as some have assumed, one-year-olds. These are the findings from a new study in the journal PNAS.
Solving problems, planning one's own actions, controlling emotions — these executive functions are fundamental processes for controlling our behaviour. Despite numerous indications, there has not yet been any clear evidence to support which brain areas process these abilities. A study has now succeeded in identifying the crucial region — with the help of a unique patient and the not-so-rare dysexecutive syndrome.
The less animal products someone consumes, the lower his body mass index and the less he tends to be extroverted. This is the result of a large-scale study on the relation between nutrition, the body and the psyche.