Iceland - June 21, 2015
Study Finds Creativity, Mental Disorder Link
An international team of scientists has found a genetic link between creativity and the development of two psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience. The scientists report that people with these psychiatric disorders share common gene variants with otherwise healthy, creative people, notes an article in ScienceNordic. […]
Uncategorized - March 30, 2015
Gene Variants Affect Brain Size
Researchers at the University of Oslo have identified several new gene variants that affect the size of the human brain. The newly-identified variants are important for the brain’s development, the removal of unwanted cells and for contact between nerve cells, according to the University of Oslo. “This is an important step on the path to […]
