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A large body of research, mostly conducted by parasitologist Jaroslav Flegr of Charles University in Prague, supports the idea that Toxoplasma harbors the potential to change human behavior. In a series of personality assessments spanning more than a decade and involving nearly 2,500 individuals, Flegr and his colleagues found that certain traits often coincide with a Toxoplasma infection. For example, infected men tend to be introverted, suspicious and rebellious, whereas infected women tend to be extroverted, trusting and obedient.

Startling new research suggests certain bacterias may be subtly tweaking our health and even our personalities

THIS JUST IN:  PARASITE TRANSMITTED BY CATS FORCES WOMEN BACK INTO GENDER ROLES.

Feminists everywhere begin slaughtering cats by the millions.

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    Toxoplasma is fascinating! I’d like to know, though, how the scientists tracking these behaviors controlled for initial...
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