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Given that toxoplasmosis has been clearly shown to cause behavioral changes in rodents [1], and there's even an evolutionary explanation that shows why this beh
by SamBam 4y ago
Given that toxoplasmosis has been clearly shown to cause behavioral changes in rodents [1], and there's even an evolutionary explanation that shows why this behavioral changes is advantageous to the parasite, it's not unreasonable to think it's more likely that the behavioral differences seem in humans are also caused, not simply correlated with, the parasite.
1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20608470/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20608470/