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11 Sep 2007 09:01:43 AM |
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Re: Study says the brains of liberals, conservatives work differently |
For non-partisan informative articles on this study, one can reference a
host of articles on line at:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1120547875
"Sid9" <sid9@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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Study says the brains of liberals, conservatives work differently
By Denise Gellene
Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2007
Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that
liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because
of how their brains work.
Scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los
Angeles, showed through a simple experiment reported Monday in the journal
Nature Neuroscience that political orientation is related to differences
in how the brain processes information.
Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be
more structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals are
more open to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are not
confined to political situations but also influence everyday decisions.
The results showed "there are two cognitive styles - a liberal style and a
conservative style," said UCLA neurologist Dr. Marco Iacoboni, who was not
connected to the latest research.
Participants were college students whose politics ranged from "very
liberal" to "very conservative." Scientists instructed them to tap a
keyboard when an M appeared on a computer monitor and to refrain from
tapping when they saw a W.
M appeared four times more frequently than W, conditioning participants to
press a key in knee-jerk fashion whenever they saw a letter.
Each participant was wired to an electroencephalograph that recorded
activity in their anterior cingulate cortex, the part of the brain that
detects conflicts between a habitual tendency (pressing a key) and a more
appropriate response (not pressing the key). Liberals had more brain
activity and made fewer mistakes than conservatives when they saw a W,
researchers said. Liberals and conservatives were equally accurate in
recognizing M.
Researchers obtained the same results when they repeated the experiment in
reverse, asking another set of participants to tap when they saw W.
Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher at the Institute of Personality and Social
Research, at the University of California, Berkeley, who was not involved
in the study, said results "provided an elegant demonstration that
individual
It's NOTEWORTHY to underscore that admittedly Sulloway is NOT CONNECTED to
the study, nor does anyone from the study endorse Sulloway's extended
partisan conclusions to the research.
differences on a conservative-liberal dimension are strongly related to
brain activity."
Analyzing the data, Sulloway said liberals were 4.9 times more likely than
conservatives to show activity in the brain circuits that deal with
conflicts and were 2.2 times more likely to score in the top half of the
distribution for accuracy.
Based on the results, Sulloway said, liberals could be expected to more
readily accept new social, scientific or religious ideas.
"There is ample data from the history of science showing that social and
political liberals indeed do tend to support major revolutions in
science," said Sulloway, who has written about the history of science and
has studied behavioral differences between conservatives and liberals.
Lead author David Amodio, an assistant professor of psychology at NYU,
cautioned that the study looked at a narrow range of human behavior and it
would be a mistake to conclude that one political orientation was better
than another. The tendency of conservatives to block distracting
information could be a good thing depending on the situation, he said.
Political orientation, he noted, occurs along a spectrum, and positions on
specific issues, such as taxes, are influenced by many factors, including
education and wealth. Some liberals oppose higher taxes, and some
conservatives support abortion.
Still, he acknowledged that a meeting of the minds between conservatives
and liberals looked difficult given the study results.
"Does this mean liberals and conservatives are never going to agree? Maybe
it suggests one reason why they tend not to get along," Amodio said.
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13 Sep 2007 05:44:39 AM |
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"MioMyo" <USA_Patriot@Somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:bdxFi.3889$7P7.3682@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net...
For non-partisan informative articles on this study, one can reference a
host of articles on line at:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1120547875
Which parties do Denise Gellene, Frank J. Sulloway, and Dr. Marco Iacoboni
belong do.
Don't forget to show your work, pinhead.
"Sid9" <sid9@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:kRwFi.58423$U24.5646@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
Study says the brains of liberals, conservatives work differently
By Denise Gellene
Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2007
Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that
liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives
because of how their brains work.
Scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los
Angeles, showed through a simple experiment reported Monday in the
journal Nature Neuroscience that political orientation is related to
differences in how the brain processes information.
Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be
more structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals are
more open to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are not
confined to political situations but also influence everyday decisions.
The results showed "there are two cognitive styles - a liberal style and
a conservative style," said UCLA neurologist Dr. Marco Iacoboni, who was
not connected to the latest research.
Participants were college students whose politics ranged from "very
liberal" to "very conservative." Scientists instructed them to tap a
keyboard when an M appeared on a computer monitor and to refrain from
tapping when they saw a W.
M appeared four times more frequently than W, conditioning participants
to press a key in knee-jerk fashion whenever they saw a letter.
Each participant was wired to an electroencephalograph that recorded
activity in their anterior cingulate cortex, the part of the brain that
detects conflicts between a habitual tendency (pressing a key) and a more
appropriate response (not pressing the key). Liberals had more brain
activity and made fewer mistakes than conservatives when they saw a W,
researchers said. Liberals and conservatives were equally accurate in
recognizing M.
Researchers obtained the same results when they repeated the experiment
in reverse, asking another set of participants to tap when they saw W.
Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher at the Institute of Personality and
Social Research, at the University of California, Berkeley, who was not
involved in the study, said results "provided an elegant demonstration
that individual
It's NOTEWORTHY to underscore that admittedly Sulloway is NOT CONNECTED to
the study, nor does anyone from the study endorse Sulloway's extended
partisan conclusions to the research.
differences on a conservative-liberal dimension are strongly related to
brain activity."
Analyzing the data, Sulloway said liberals were 4.9 times more likely
than conservatives to show activity in the brain circuits that deal with
conflicts and were 2.2 times more likely to score in the top half of the
distribution for accuracy.
Based on the results, Sulloway said, liberals could be expected to more
readily accept new social, scientific or religious ideas.
"There is ample data from the history of science showing that social and
political liberals indeed do tend to support major revolutions in
science," said Sulloway, who has written about the history of science and
has studied behavioral differences between conservatives and liberals.
Lead author David Amodio, an assistant professor of psychology at NYU,
cautioned that the study looked at a narrow range of human behavior and
it would be a mistake to conclude that one political orientation was
better than another. The tendency of conservatives to block distracting
information could be a good thing depending on the situation, he said.
Political orientation, he noted, occurs along a spectrum, and positions
on specific issues, such as taxes, are influenced by many factors,
including education and wealth. Some liberals oppose higher taxes, and
some conservatives support abortion.
Still, he acknowledged that a meeting of the minds between conservatives
and liberals looked difficult given the study results.
"Does this mean liberals and conservatives are never going to agree?
Maybe it suggests one reason why they tend not to get along," Amodio
said.
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| User: "MioMyo" |
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13 Sep 2007 06:38:38 AM |
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Practice what you preach hypocrite!
"Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Don't forget to show your work, pinhead.
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| User: "Roger" |
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13 Sep 2007 04:05:03 PM |
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"MioMyo" <USA_Patriot@Somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:2j9Gi.53607$YL5.29187@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
Practice what you preach hypocrite!
Which parties do Denise Gellene, Frank J. Sulloway, and Dr. Marco Iacoboni
belong do?
Don't forget to show your work, pinhead.
"Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:46e9145e$0$15378$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
Don't forget to show your work, pinhead.
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| User: "Rich Travsky" |
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12 Sep 2007 12:00:32 AM |
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MioMyo wrote:
For non-partisan informative articles on this study, one can reference a
host of articles on line at:
How is the article below partisan?
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1120547875
Pick one to show your claim ->
"Sid9" <sid9@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
Study says the brains of liberals, conservatives work differently
Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2007
Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that
liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because
of how their brains work.
Scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los
Angeles, showed through a simple experiment reported Monday in the journal
Nature Neuroscience that political orientation is related to differences
in how the brain processes information.
Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be
more structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals are
more open to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are not
confined to political situations but also influence everyday decisions.
The results showed "there are two cognitive styles - a liberal style and a
conservative style," said UCLA neurologist Dr. Marco Iacoboni, who was not
connected to the latest research.
Participants were college students whose politics ranged from "very
liberal" to "very conservative." Scientists instructed them to tap a
keyboard when an M appeared on a computer monitor and to refrain from
tapping when they saw a W.
M appeared four times more frequently than W, conditioning participants to
press a key in knee-jerk fashion whenever they saw a letter.
Each participant was wired to an electroencephalograph that recorded
activity in their anterior cingulate cortex, the part of the brain that
detects conflicts between a habitual tendency (pressing a key) and a more
appropriate response (not pressing the key). Liberals had more brain
activity and made fewer mistakes than conservatives when they saw a W,
researchers said. Liberals and conservatives were equally accurate in
recognizing M.
Researchers obtained the same results when they repeated the experiment in
reverse, asking another set of participants to tap when they saw W.
Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher at the Institute of Personality and Social
Research, at the University of California, Berkeley, who was not involved
in the study, said results "provided an elegant demonstration that
individual
It's NOTEWORTHY to underscore that admittedly Sulloway is NOT CONNECTED to
the study, nor does anyone from the study endorse Sulloway's extended
partisan conclusions to the research.
Why is it noteworthy?
From the article
Scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los
Angeles, showed through a simple experiment reported Monday in the journal
Nature Neuroscience that political orientation is related to differences in
how the brain processes information.
Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be more
structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals are more open
to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are not confined to
political situations but also influence everyday decisions.
These are the conclusions of the study and Sulloway is only restating the
conclusions. In fact, here is the abstract for the study:
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nn1979.html
differences on a conservative-liberal dimension are strongly related to
brain activity."
Analyzing the data, Sulloway said liberals were 4.9 times more likely than
conservatives to show activity in the brain circuits that deal with
conflicts and were 2.2 times more likely to score in the top half of the
distribution for accuracy.
Based on the results, Sulloway said, liberals could be expected to more
readily accept new social, scientific or religious ideas.
"There is ample data from the history of science showing that social and
political liberals indeed do tend to support major revolutions in
science," said Sulloway, who has written about the history of science and
has studied behavioral differences between conservatives and liberals.
Lead author David Amodio, an assistant professor of psychology at NYU,
cautioned that the study looked at a narrow range of human behavior and it
would be a mistake to conclude that one political orientation was better
than another. The tendency of conservatives to block distracting
information could be a good thing depending on the situation, he said.
Political orientation, he noted, occurs along a spectrum, and positions on
specific issues, such as taxes, are influenced by many factors, including
education and wealth. Some liberals oppose higher taxes, and some
conservatives support abortion.
Still, he acknowledged that a meeting of the minds between conservatives
and liberals looked difficult given the study results.
"Does this mean liberals and conservatives are never going to agree? Maybe
it suggests one reason why they tend not to get along," Amodio said.
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| User: "MioMyo" |
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12 Sep 2007 07:30:45 AM |
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I suppose you never appropriate your information from more than your move on
type liberal sources lib. Either that or you need to be spoon fed what to
think regarding current event information. Either way, your read
comprehension disabilities are not my problem lib!
"Rich Travsky" <traRvEsky@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
news:46E77270.876D08A9@hotmMOVEail.com...
MioMyo wrote:
For non-partisan informative articles on this study, one can reference a
host of articles on line at:
How is the article below partisan?
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1120547875
Pick one to show your claim ->
"Sid9" <sid9@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
Study says the brains of liberals, conservatives work differently
Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2007
Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that
liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives
because
of how their brains work.
Scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los
Angeles, showed through a simple experiment reported Monday in the
journal
Nature Neuroscience that political orientation is related to
differences
in how the brain processes information.
Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be
more structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals are
more open to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are
not
confined to political situations but also influence everyday decisions.
The results showed "there are two cognitive styles - a liberal style
and a
conservative style," said UCLA neurologist Dr. Marco Iacoboni, who was
not
connected to the latest research.
Participants were college students whose politics ranged from "very
liberal" to "very conservative." Scientists instructed them to tap a
keyboard when an M appeared on a computer monitor and to refrain from
tapping when they saw a W.
M appeared four times more frequently than W, conditioning participants
to
press a key in knee-jerk fashion whenever they saw a letter.
Each participant was wired to an electroencephalograph that recorded
activity in their anterior cingulate cortex, the part of the brain that
detects conflicts between a habitual tendency (pressing a key) and a
more
appropriate response (not pressing the key). Liberals had more brain
activity and made fewer mistakes than conservatives when they saw a W,
researchers said. Liberals and conservatives were equally accurate in
recognizing M.
Researchers obtained the same results when they repeated the experiment
in
reverse, asking another set of participants to tap when they saw W.
Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher at the Institute of Personality and
Social
Research, at the University of California, Berkeley, who was not
involved
in the study, said results "provided an elegant demonstration that
individual
It's NOTEWORTHY to underscore that admittedly Sulloway is NOT CONNECTED
to
the study, nor does anyone from the study endorse Sulloway's extended
partisan conclusions to the research.
Why is it noteworthy?
From the article
Scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los
Angeles, showed through a simple experiment reported Monday in the journal
Nature Neuroscience that political orientation is related to differences
in
how the brain processes information.
Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be
more
structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals are more
open
to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are not confined
to
political situations but also influence everyday decisions.
These are the conclusions of the study and Sulloway is only restating the
conclusions. In fact, here is the abstract for the study:
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nn1979.html
differences on a conservative-liberal dimension are strongly related to
brain activity."
Analyzing the data, Sulloway said liberals were 4.9 times more likely
than
conservatives to show activity in the brain circuits that deal with
conflicts and were 2.2 times more likely to score in the top half of
the
distribution for accuracy.
Based on the results, Sulloway said, liberals could be expected to more
readily accept new social, scientific or religious ideas.
"There is ample data from the history of science showing that social
and
political liberals indeed do tend to support major revolutions in
science," said Sulloway, who has written about the history of science
and
has studied behavioral differences between conservatives and liberals.
Lead author David Amodio, an assistant professor of psychology at NYU,
cautioned that the study looked at a narrow range of human behavior and
it
would be a mistake to conclude that one political orientation was
better
than another. The tendency of conservatives to block distracting
information could be a good thing depending on the situation, he said.
Political orientation, he noted, occurs along a spectrum, and positions
on
specific issues, such as taxes, are influenced by many factors,
including
education and wealth. Some liberals oppose higher taxes, and some
conservatives support abortion.
Still, he acknowledged that a meeting of the minds between
conservatives
and liberals looked difficult given the study results.
"Does this mean liberals and conservatives are never going to agree?
Maybe
it suggests one reason why they tend not to get along," Amodio said.
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| User: "Lamont Cranston" |
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12 Sep 2007 09:42:10 AM |
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"MioMyo" <USA_Patriot@Somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:VZQFi.53486$YL5.19560@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
I suppose you never appropriate your information from more than your move
on type liberal sources lib. Either that or you need to be spoon fed what
to think regarding current event information. Either way, your read
comprehension disabilities are not my problem lib!
Look up the meaning of "projection."
"Rich Travsky" <traRvEsky@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
news:46E77270.876D08A9@hotmMOVEail.com...
MioMyo wrote:
For non-partisan informative articles on this study, one can reference a
host of articles on line at:
How is the article below partisan?
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1120547875
Pick one to show your claim ->
"Sid9" <sid9@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
Study says the brains of liberals, conservatives work differently
Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2007
Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that
liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives
because
of how their brains work.
Scientists at New York University and the University of California,
Los
Angeles, showed through a simple experiment reported Monday in the
journal
Nature Neuroscience that political orientation is related to
differences
in how the brain processes information.
Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to
be
more structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals
are
more open to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are
not
confined to political situations but also influence everyday
decisions.
The results showed "there are two cognitive styles - a liberal style
and a
conservative style," said UCLA neurologist Dr. Marco Iacoboni, who was
not
connected to the latest research.
Participants were college students whose politics ranged from "very
liberal" to "very conservative." Scientists instructed them to tap a
keyboard when an M appeared on a computer monitor and to refrain from
tapping when they saw a W.
M appeared four times more frequently than W, conditioning
participants to
press a key in knee-jerk fashion whenever they saw a letter.
Each participant was wired to an electroencephalograph that recorded
activity in their anterior cingulate cortex, the part of the brain
that
detects conflicts between a habitual tendency (pressing a key) and a
more
appropriate response (not pressing the key). Liberals had more brain
activity and made fewer mistakes than conservatives when they saw a W,
researchers said. Liberals and conservatives were equally accurate in
recognizing M.
Researchers obtained the same results when they repeated the
experiment in
reverse, asking another set of participants to tap when they saw W.
Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher at the Institute of Personality and
Social
Research, at the University of California, Berkeley, who was not
involved
in the study, said results "provided an elegant demonstration that
individual
It's NOTEWORTHY to underscore that admittedly Sulloway is NOT CONNECTED
to
the study, nor does anyone from the study endorse Sulloway's extended
partisan conclusions to the research.
Why is it noteworthy?
From the article
Scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los
Angeles, showed through a simple experiment reported Monday in the
journal
Nature Neuroscience that political orientation is related to differences
in
how the brain processes information.
Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be
more
structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals are more
open
to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are not confined
to
political situations but also influence everyday decisions.
These are the conclusions of the study and Sulloway is only restating the
conclusions. In fact, here is the abstract for the study:
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nn1979.html
differences on a conservative-liberal dimension are strongly related
to
brain activity."
Analyzing the data, Sulloway said liberals were 4.9 times more likely
than
conservatives to show activity in the brain circuits that deal with
conflicts and were 2.2 times more likely to score in the top half of
the
distribution for accuracy.
Based on the results, Sulloway said, liberals could be expected to
more
readily accept new social, scientific or religious ideas.
"There is ample data from the history of science showing that social
and
political liberals indeed do tend to support major revolutions in
science," said Sulloway, who has written about the history of science
and
has studied behavioral differences between conservatives and liberals.
Lead author David Amodio, an assistant professor of psychology at NYU,
cautioned that the study looked at a narrow range of human behavior
and it
would be a mistake to conclude that one political orientation was
better
than another. The tendency of conservatives to block distracting
information could be a good thing depending on the situation, he said.
Political orientation, he noted, occurs along a spectrum, and
positions on
specific issues, such as taxes, are influenced by many factors,
including
education and wealth. Some liberals oppose higher taxes, and some
conservatives support abortion.
Still, he acknowledged that a meeting of the minds between
conservatives
and liberals looked difficult given the study results.
"Does this mean liberals and conservatives are never going to agree?
Maybe
it suggests one reason why they tend not to get along," Amodio said.
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| User: "Rich Travsky" |
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15 Sep 2007 10:02:22 PM |
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MioMyo wrote:
I suppose you never appropriate your information from more than your move on
type liberal sources lib. Either that or you need to be spoon fed what to
think regarding current event information. Either way, your read
comprehension disabilities are not my problem lib!
"appropriate your information" "your read comprehension disabilities" LOL
Now, back to your dodge, con - what was partisan about the article????
And how are the ones in your link not partisan?
Pick one to bakc up your mouth ->
"Rich Travsky" <traRvEsky@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
news:46E77270.876D08A9@hotmMOVEail.com...
MioMyo wrote:
For non-partisan informative articles on this study, one can reference a
host of articles on line at:
How is the article below partisan?
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1120547875
Pick one to show your claim ->
"Sid9" <sid9@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
Study says the brains of liberals, conservatives work differently
Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2007
Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that
liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives
because
of how their brains work.
Scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los
Angeles, showed through a simple experiment reported Monday in the
journal
Nature Neuroscience that political orientation is related to
differences
in how the brain processes information.
Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be
more structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals are
more open to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are
not
confined to political situations but also influence everyday decisions.
The results showed "there are two cognitive styles - a liberal style
and a
conservative style," said UCLA neurologist Dr. Marco Iacoboni, who was
not
connected to the latest research.
Participants were college students whose politics ranged from "very
liberal" to "very conservative." Scientists instructed them to tap a
keyboard when an M appeared on a computer monitor and to refrain from
tapping when they saw a W.
M appeared four times more frequently than W, conditioning participants
to
press a key in knee-jerk fashion whenever they saw a letter.
Each participant was wired to an electroencephalograph that recorded
activity in their anterior cingulate cortex, the part of the brain that
detects conflicts between a habitual tendency (pressing a key) and a
more
appropriate response (not pressing the key). Liberals had more brain
activity and made fewer mistakes than conservatives when they saw a W,
researchers said. Liberals and conservatives were equally accurate in
recognizing M.
Researchers obtained the same results when they repeated the experiment
in
reverse, asking another set of participants to tap when they saw W.
Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher at the Institute of Personality and
Social
Research, at the University of California, Berkeley, who was not
involved
in the study, said results "provided an elegant demonstration that
individual
It's NOTEWORTHY to underscore that admittedly Sulloway is NOT CONNECTED
to
the study, nor does anyone from the study endorse Sulloway's extended
partisan conclusions to the research.
Why is it noteworthy?
From the article
Scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los
Angeles, showed through a simple experiment reported Monday in the journal
Nature Neuroscience that political orientation is related to differences
in
how the brain processes information.
Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be
more
structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals are more
open
to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are not confined
to
political situations but also influence everyday decisions.
These are the conclusions of the study and Sulloway is only restating the
conclusions. In fact, here is the abstract for the study:
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nn1979.html
differences on a conservative-liberal dimension are strongly related to
brain activity."
Analyzing the data, Sulloway said liberals were 4.9 times more likely
than
conservatives to show activity in the brain circuits that deal with
conflicts and were 2.2 times more likely to score in the top half of
the
distribution for accuracy.
Based on the results, Sulloway said, liberals could be expected to more
readily accept new social, scientific or religious ideas.
"There is ample data from the history of science showing that social
and
political liberals indeed do tend to support major revolutions in
science," said Sulloway, who has written about the history of science
and
has studied behavioral differences between conservatives and liberals.
Lead author David Amodio, an assistant professor of psychology at NYU,
cautioned that the study looked at a narrow range of human behavior and
it
would be a mistake to conclude that one political orientation was
better
than another. The tendency of conservatives to block distracting
information could be a good thing depending on the situation, he said.
Political orientation, he noted, occurs along a spectrum, and positions
on
specific issues, such as taxes, are influenced by many factors,
including
education and wealth. Some liberals oppose higher taxes, and some
conservatives support abortion.
Still, he acknowledged that a meeting of the minds between
conservatives
and liberals looked difficult given the study results.
"Does this mean liberals and conservatives are never going to agree?
Maybe
it suggests one reason why they tend not to get along," Amodio said.
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:01:43 -0700, "MioMyo"
<USA_Patriot@Somewhere.com> wrote:
For non-partisan informative articles on this study, one can reference a
host of articles on line at:
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alt.personals.fetish - 02 Nov 1997 by dana raffaniello
ladies use my tongue for your pleasure
swm very oral will orally worship any female that wishes to be
worshipped. will kiss and lick your feet and
butt . might be wiling to be your toilet paper if you are that
aggressive. smother
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| User: "MioMyo" |
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| Title: Re: Study says the brains of liberals, conservatives work differently |
11 Sep 2007 11:12:24 AM |
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Is that your boyfriend knickers, or is your calling knuckle-head?
<Click@Knicklas.com> wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:01:43 -0700, "MioMyo"
<USA_Patriot@Somewhere.com> wrote:
For non-partisan informative articles on this study, one can reference a
host of articles on line at:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1120547875
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alt.personals.fetish - 02 Nov 1997 by dana raffaniello
ladies use my tongue for your pleasure
swm very oral will orally worship any female that wishes to be
worshipped. will kiss and lick your feet and
butt . might be wiling to be your toilet paper if you are that
aggressive. smother
.
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| User: "Rich Travsky" |
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| Title: Re: Study says the brains of liberals, conservatives work differently |
11 Sep 2007 02:08:43 PM |
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MioMyo wrote:
Is that your boyfriend knickers, or is your calling knuckle-head?
Dana is one of your fellow rightards.
<Click@Knicklas.com> wrote in message
news:kjade3tubakmsmttnpapsr1ujllmc0tso0@4ax.com...
On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:01:43 -0700, "MioMyo"
<USA_Patriot@Somewhere.com> wrote:
For non-partisan informative articles on this study, one can reference a
host of articles on line at:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1120547875
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alt.personals.fetish - 02 Nov 1997 by dana raffaniello
ladies use my tongue for your pleasure
swm very oral will orally worship any female that wishes to be
worshipped. will kiss and lick your feet and
butt . might be wiling to be your toilet paper if you are that
aggressive. smother
.
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