Toxoplasma: the mind controlling parasite you already have

Toxoplasma is a common parasite in humans across the globe. But what does it do to your brain and how does it affect your behavior? Further Reading: Lafferty, K. D. (2006). Can the common brain parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, influence human culture?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273(1602), 2749-2755. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3641 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxopla... Flegr, J. (2007). Effects of Toxoplasma on human behavior. Schizophrenia bulletin, 33(3), 757-760. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbl074 Webster, J. P. (2001). Rats, cats, people and parasites: the impact of latent toxoplasmosis on behaviour. Microbes and infection, 3(12), 1037-1045. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1286-4579(01... Hodková, H., Kolbeková, P., Skallová, A., Lindová, J., & Flegr, J. (2007). Higher perceived dominance in Toxoplasma infected men--a new evidence for role of increased level of testosterone in toxoplasmosis-associated changes in human behavior. Neuroendocrinology Letters, 28(2), 110-114. Flegr, J. (2013). How and why Toxoplasma makes us crazy. Trends in parasitology, 29(4), 156-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2013.01.007