FWIW: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openness_to_experience#Genes_and_physiology
> Openness to experience, like the other traits in the five factor model, is > believed to have a genetic component. Identical twins (who have the same DNA) > show similar scores on openness to experience, even when they have been > adopted into different families and raised in very different > environments.[44] One genetic study with 86 subjects found Openness to > experience related to the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism associated with the serotonin > transporter gene.[45] > > Higher levels of openness have been linked to activity in the ascending > dopaminergic system and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Openness is the > only personality trait that correlates with neuropsychological tests of > dorsolateral prefrontal cortical function, supporting theoretical links among > openness, cognitive functioning, and IQ.[46] > > 44. Jang, K. L., Livesly, W. J., & Vemon, P. A.; Livesley; Vernon (September > 1996). "Heritability of the big five personality dimensions and their facets: > A twin study". Journal of Personality. 64 (3): 577–592. PMID 8776880. > doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00522.x. > 45. Scott F. Stoltenberg, Geoffrey R. Twitchell, Gregory L. Hanna, Edwin H. > Cook, Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Robert A. Zucker, Karley Y. Little; Twitchell; > Hanna; Cook; Fitzgerald; Zucker; Little (March 2002). "Serotonin transporter > promoter polymorphism, peripheral indexes of serotonin function, and > personality measures in families with alcoholism". American Journal of > Medical Genetics. 114 (2): 230–234. PMID 11857587. doi:10.1002/ajmg.10187. > 46. Colin G. DeYoung, Jordan B. Peterson and Daniel M. Higgins (2005). > "Sources of openness/intellect: cognitive and neuropsychological correlates > of the fifth factor of personality". Journal of Personality. 73 (4): 825–858. > PMID 15958136. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00330.x. On 08/16/2017 04:30 PM, Steven A Smith wrote: > On the other hand, while members of said community/group/tribe/pack/herd > might extend some of that goodwill toward others they recognized as > same/thePeople, they had good reason to be less generous/trusting toward > others who were not so familiar, who spoke unrecognizeable languages, whose > skin/hair/eye color or features were significantly different. I think these > are very real evolutionarily adaptive roots of what we see as Xenophobia > today. -- gⅼеɳ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
