The Science and Technology section of this week’s Economist contains three articles on the brain, all making interesting claims:
Genius locus: Explores the evidence of the link between genius and autism.
Incognito: Evidence is mounting that the brain makes a decision before the owner knows about it.
Twice blessed: Children brought up in a bilingual home have an enhanced ability to organise, plan, prioritise, shift attention from one thing to another and suppress habitual responses.
Source: Clive Shepherd