That's a study by the actor Colin Firth for a radio show. Do you really want to site a neurological study co-authored by an Oscar Winner as proof of your silly claim?
. On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK Sam what is the criticism of the research. Here's the original > study. As I mentioned its been replicated elsewhere and also with non > university samples and the results hold. > > So after reading the study, please tell us why its crap? Myself and > many neuroscientists would be most interested in hearing your insights > on this. Is it sampling error, experimenter characteristics, blinding > problems, statistical analysis or experimental design problems. If you > are going to say its crap then say why, just don't make the statement > without backup. > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21474316 > > Curr Biol. 2011 Apr 26;21(8):677-80. Epub 2011 Apr 7. > Political orientations are correlated with brain structure in young adults. > Kanai R, Feilden T, Firth C, Rees G. > Source > University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 > Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK. r.ka...@ucl.ac.uk > Abstract > Substantial differences exist in the cognitive styles of liberals and > conservatives on psychological measures. Variability in political > attitudes reflects genetic influences and their interaction with > environmental factors. Recent work has shown a correlation between > liberalism and conflict-related activity measured by event-related > potentials originating in the anterior cingulate cortex. Here we show > that this functional correlate of political attitudes has a > counterpart in brain structure. In a large sample of young adults, we > related self-reported political attitudes to gray matter volume using > structural MRI. We found that greater liberalism was associated with > increased gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex, whereas > greater conservatism was associated with increased volume of the right > amygdala. These results were replicated in an independent sample of > additional participants. Our findings extend previous observations > that political attitudes reflect differences in self-regulatory > conflict monitoring and recognition of emotional faces by showing that > such attitudes are reflected in human brain structure. Although our > data do not determine whether these regions play a causal role in the > formation of political attitudes, they converge with previous work to > suggest a possible link between brain structure and psychological > mechanisms that mediate political attitudes. > Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. > > ------------------ > > Her's a good discussion of the study and several others. > > http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/07/your-brain-on-politics-the-cognitive-neuroscience-of-liberals-and-conservatives/ > > What I am struck with about this work is how it may explain why > conservatives and progressives find it so difficult to communicate > with each other. All too often they are talking past one another. > These results may explain why ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346887 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
