Other eye-catching studies that didn’t make the final cut this fortnight.
26 January 2007
By Christian Jarrett
Alcohol causes you to lose your sense of humour.
People with amnesia have trouble imagining the future.
Stroke sufferers who suffer damage to a part of the brain called the insula often lose the urge to smoke, offering clues to addiction.
A brain area has been found that is more easily activated in altruistic people.