Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Why you just can’t resist animals: Parts of the human brain hard-wired to respond to other creatures. - Mail Online



Sensory overload: This picture of a rottweiler, a rabbit, a quail and a kitten has probably sparked an electrical storm in your brain

By Duncan Macpherson   Humans respond strongly to animals - whether cute, threatening or just downright tasty - because our brains are hard-wired to, a new study has found.

Epilepsy patients whose brain activity was being monitored were shown a number of pictures of people, landmarks, animals or objects.

Researchers monitored the patients' amygdalae, two almond-shaped structures deep within the brain associated with emotion, fear and smell...Continue reading.

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