{"id":469120,"date":"2018-05-01T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?guid=ee99cf232fc6b01624ace1a0e5d8cdac"},"modified":"2018-05-01T11:00:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T15:00:04","slug":"the-gruesome-new-field-of-neuro-parasitology-could-provide-insights-into-the-neurological-basis-for-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=469120","title":{"rendered":"The gruesome new field of neuro-parasitology could provide insights into the neurological basis for behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine a parasite that makes an animal change its habits, guard the parasite&#8217;s offspring or even commit suicide. While mind-control may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, the phenomenon is very real\u2014and has spawned a new field, neuro-parasitology. As outlined in an article published today in Frontiers in Psychology, understanding how parasites &#8220;hack&#8221; their host&#8217;s nervous system to achieve a particular goal could provide new insights into how animals control their own behavior and make decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine a parasite that makes an animal change its habits, guard the parasite&#8217;s offspring or even commit suicide. While mind-control may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, the phenomenon is very real&mdash;and has spawned a new field, neuro-parasitology. As outlined in an article published today in Frontiers in Psychology, understanding how parasites &#8220;hack&#8221; their host&#8217;s nervous system to achieve a particular goal could provide new insights into how animals control their own behavior and make decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=469120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469121,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469120\/revisions\/469121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=469120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=469120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}