This Is Your Brain On Parasites

by Kathleen McAuliffe

About the book

This Is Your Brain on Parasites by Kathleen McAuliffe (2016) is a popular-science book on how parasites and microbes can manipulate the behaviour of their hosts, including, provocatively, humans. McAuliffe surveys research on organisms like Toxoplasma gondii and asks how much of our behaviour, mood and even culture might be influenced by the tiny passengers we carry. A lively, well-sourced tour of an unsettling corner of biology.