Changes in cerebral blood flow during olfactory stimulation in patients with multiple chemical sensitivity: a multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopic study.

Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is characterized by somatic distress upon exposure to odors.Patients with MCS process odors differently from controls.This odor-processing may be associated with activation in the prefrontal area connecting to the anterior cingulate cortex, which has been suggested as an area of odorant-related activation in MCS

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Divided Berlin and Divided Germany in Young Adult Literature: Crossing Borders from the East to the West and Vice Versa

In postwar Dishwasher Filter Germany, inner-German borders were much disputed.While Germans widely deplored the division of their country and capital city, strong political forces in the East and the West struggled for their spheres of influence.Hence, moving from the East to the West or from the West to the East is the subject of many narratives.T

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Neural activity when people solve verbal problems with insight.

People sometimes solve problems with a unique process called insight, accompanied by an "Aha!" experience.It has long been unclear whether different cognitive and neural processes lead to insight versus noninsight solutions, or if solutions differ only in subsequent subjective feeling.Recent behavioral studies indicate distinct patterns of performa

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