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What do your phone screen and insomnia have in common? Hormones. And this feeling of calmness when you know that today you don't have to wake up by the alarm clock - where does it come from? From hormones. Stop, you might think, isn't all this controlled by the brain? What if it is controlled by... hormones? It's time to turn your ideas about these messy but active builders who serve in our brain and body. They make connections, store memories and are responsible for us and our actions. Hormones have created much of who we are. As you read this, they are still at work. Moreover, in most cases, they do not create arbitrarily, but according to a well-thought-out plan. At least, they have a good idea.
• What hormones do during the day
• Team players: testosterone and estrogen
• And again about ovulation: Hormones during the cycle
• Is gender related to the brain
• Neural networks: Needs, fear and panic
• The world of myths and wonders of reproductive medicine
.Drawing on her knowledge and experience, Franka Parianen takes us on a fascinating tour of the transitions between our brains and our hearts, between our health and our thoughts.
About the author:
Dr Franka Parianen, born in 1989, worked at the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Neurological Sciences in Leipzig in the Social Neuroscience Group.
For the past few years, she has been researching at the Helmholtz Institute at Utrecht University on the development and structure of human coexistence at the level of neurons and hormones. Since 2014, she has been living in Berlin and has been actively speaking at various medical congresses, theatres and exhibitions.
