Yanno, at the risk of fueling your misconceptions, Sam, I have to go with Larry here. You don't seriously think that, do you? You always go for cheapo debate points, and that makes it very hard to actually talk to you.
He backed up his statement, and since you didn't want to back down you used the old distract-them-with-stupid method. Everyone here has a decent brain, and has tried the baffle-them-with-bullshit route themselves at least once in their lives, so we know it when we see it, even though some of us have given you the benefit of the doubt more than once. It gets old. This thread is old. So, more in sorrow than in anger: <delete> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Sam get real. If you cannot come up with a valid critique of the > study, and I've given you the sources, then say so. > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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:346890 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
