Jaroslav Flegr was interviewed on Sveriges Radio today, while he was in Stockholm on the final day of the Ig Nobel EuroTour. The subject: toxoplasma and cats and humans, and about Professor Flegr’s Ig Nobel Prize. The interview is mostly in English. The 2014 Ig Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded to Jaroslav Flegr, Jan Havlíček and […]
Tag: Toxoplasma
Men, Women and Parasites: The Pleasantness of Smelling Urine
Still another finding about cats and “fatal attraction”: “Fatal Attraction Phenomenon in Humans – Cat Odour Attractiveness Increased for Toxoplasma-Infected Men While Decreased for Infected Women,” Jaroslav Flegr [pictured here], Pavlína Lenochová, Zdeněk Hodný, Marta Vondrová, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, no. 5, vol. 11, epub November 8, 2012, e1389. The authors, at Charles University and […]