New research finds that the so-called "mind-altering" parasite Toxoplasma gondii is not associated with any personality traits, nor with rates of schizophrenia or depression

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Tested the participants blood samples, taken at age of 38, for antibodies against T. gondii.

Our results suggest that a positive test for T. gondii antibodies does not result in increased susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disorders, poor impulse control or impaired neurocognitive ability this is, to our knowledge, the most comprehensive assessment of the possible link between T. gondii infection and a variety of impairments in a single cohort.

N=837 people is fairly large, but other T. gondii studies have been even bigger.

If we accept that the findings reported in the present article represent scenario two, then views of the link between T. gondii and aberrant behavior may need to be tempered accordingly.

Cats are part of the T. gondii story because, in order to complete its life cycle, the parasite must be ingested by a feline.

If T. gondii infects, say, a mouse, the parasite would only breed if the mouse got eaten by a cat.

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