The Washington Times has an article about the differences between male and female brains, triggered by a recent imaging study finding that the patterns of activation in the brains of men and women are different when doing the same task (or indeed, the same when doing a different task!).

The Guardian recently posted an article discussing recent imaging research comparing brain activity in autistic children and non-autistic children, when viewing faces. It seems the main difference lies in the substantially reduced activity of mirror neurons in those who are autistic. Mirror neurons are thought to play a key role in helping us understand how others are feeling.

And in yet another imaging study, researchers believe they have found the part of the brain crucially involved in the way we see our own body. It seems the parietal cortex is involved in generating our body image, and thus disorders such as anorexia and bulimia might be associated with dysfunction there.