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Lydia Hemus is a Psychology student at Goldsmiths University of London, with both social and anomalistic psychology research focuses. Her dissertation was on attitude change and sexual orientation.
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Toxoplasmosis: how worried should we be about the ‘mind-control parasite’ spread by cats?
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While TED talks and internet memes spread fears we're being mind-controlled by our feline friends, the reality might be somewhat less dramatic
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