
To grasp how serotonin works on the brain, look to the gut
A new perspective uses an analogy between digestion and cognition to help explain the function of a key neurochemical
by James M Shine
James M Shine is a systems neurobiologist. He is a Robinson fellow at the University of Sydney in Australia, where he runs an interdisciplinary lab that aims to integrate neuroscience, evolutionary theory and complex systems to understand how neurobiology supports awareness and flexible, parallel behaviour.