Whatever path the pandemic takes from here, says Karl Deisseroth, the pioneering American neuroscientist, psychiatrist, bioengineer and now author, “Coronavirus has affected us all and it has changed us all. “Feelings are responses to information in the world – but as we all know, they follow their own trajectory,” Deisseroth says. But there’s not much that any individual can do.”In another chapter, Deisseroth contrasts two patients with extreme “social and non-social brain states”. Deisseroth was able to treat his anxiety and panic attacks, but the eye contact issue was unchanged. It was that too much social information was conveyed through eye contact – and Charles found this overwhelming.

Source: The Guardian June 12, 2021 07:52 UTC