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by Pyramus 1752 days ago
Yes, the dose-response is the interesting bit, and strong indication for causation.

Not an expert so don't know how well we understand the mechanism of action, which is crucial.

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The paper states high up that it's been well studied that Toxoplasmosis infection increases reaction time - this study was basically just showing that that laboratory-viewed metric has real-world consequences.

As far as mechanism of action, T. gondii infects both neurons in the brain and glial cells.

*decreases reaction time
Increases reaction times is right == slows reaction