lunes, 18 de octubre de 2010

EL CEREBRO: DESDE EL ÚTERO HASTA LA TUMBA

Interesante artículo publicado en Scientific American con teorías curiosas acerca de la enorme influencia del embarazo sobre aspectos tan importantes como la posibilidad de desarrollo de enfermedades psiquiátricas, coeficiente intelectual, incluso de homosexualidad.

The Brain--from Womb to Tomb

From IQ to mental illness, how prenatal life affects the brain

It was on the cover of The New York Times Book Review. And the cover of Time Magazine. Suddenly, the obscure science of “fetal origins” is getting popular, in the pages of a new book called “Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives.”

Written by science journalist Annie Murphy Paul, "Origins" explores the still-murky but growing research into how the environment in the womb can affect a baby’s life ever after -- including the life of the mind. A few questions for the author: