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[The]

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[Jammin']

jason masturbates to Metallica while looking at this photo.

[NormanPride]

balls are touching

[The]

balls are touching

Feels good, man

[NormanPride]

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[3rdgensooner]

I'll help you get your thread going, The.


Brains differ in liberals, conservatives (http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/brains-differ-in-liberals-conservatives/story-e6frea73-1226035731705)

EVERYONE knows that liberals and conservatives butt heads when it comes to world views, but scientists have now shown that their brains are actually built differently.

Liberals have more grey matter in a part of the brain associated with understanding complexity, while the conservative brain is bigger in the section related to processing fear, said the study today in Current Biology.

"We found that greater liberalism was associated with increased grey matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex, whereas greater conservatism was associated with increased volume of the right amygdala," the study said.

Other research has shown greater brain activity in those areas, according to which political views a person holds, but this is the first study to show a physical difference in size in the same regions.

"Previously, some psychological traits were known to be predictive of an individual's political orientation," said Ryota Kanai of the University College London, where the research took place. "Our study now links such personality traits with specific brain structure."

The study was based on 90 "healthy young adults" who reported their political views on a scale of one to five from very liberal to very conservative, then agreed to have their brains scanned.

People with a large amygdala are "more sensitive to disgust" and tend to "respond to threatening situations with more aggression than do liberals and are more sensitive to threatening facial expressions", the study said.

Liberals are linked to larger anterior cingulate cortexes, a region that "monitor(s) uncertainty and conflicts", it said.

"Thus, it is conceivable that individuals with a larger ACC have a higher capacity to tolerate uncertainty and conflicts, allowing them to accept more liberal views."

It remains unclear whether the structural differences cause the divergence in political views, or are the effect of them.

But the central issue in determining political views appears to revolve around fear and how it affects a person.

"Our findings are consistent with the proposal that political orientation is associated with psychological processes for managing fear and uncertainty," the study said.

[DIB]

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[Aldebaran]

Explains Michael Crichton's poopularity.

[pphilfran]

Makes sense...the anterior cingulate cortex is located in the front of the brain...a young liberal, after years of bashing their head into the wall, slowly move toward the center because of the brain loss...

[C&CDean]

Makes sense...the anterior cingulate cortex is located in the front of the brain...a young liberal, after years of bashing their head into the wall, slowly move toward the center because of the brain loss...

The wall? pffffft. I destroyed my anterior cingulate cortex with drugs, like a good liberal should.

[The]

The wall? pffffft. I destroyed my anterior cingulate cortex with drugs, like a good liberal should.

Odd, I destroyed my angerpler herperderpex with drugs whilst watching The Wall...

[Aldebaran]

and the frontal lobe gets damaged, so you lose control emotionally, and are quick to anger, etc.

[C&CDean]

Odd, I destroyed my angerpler herperderpex with drugs whilst watching The Wall...

I am before The Wall's time. I am Meddle/Dark Side. Echoes whilst tripping alone took out a solid 20% or more of my ****.

[3rdgensooner]

Odd, I destroyed my angerpler herperderpex with drugs whilst watching The Wall...How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

[soonercruiser]

Yup!
As a health professional, that's where I got for the latest health research articles.....Science Magazine!
I believe that mag is done by the 3rd grade science class at Brown Middle School.

[soonercruiser]

Yup!
As a health professional, that's where I go to for the latest health research articles.....Science Magazine!
I believe that mag is done by the 3rd grade science class at Brown Middle School.

BTW - I believe that Schizophrenics have a bigger processing anterin cing. cortex!
:rolleyes:

[A Sooner in Texas]

Oh, you. Always saying the cleverest things.

[StoopTroup]

I am before The Wall's time. I am Meddle/Dark Side. Echoes whilst tripping alone took out a solid 20% or more of my ****.

Old Schoolers FTW ! ! !

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[Spray]

law professionals>medical professionals

[StoopTroup]

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[Spray]

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HAHAHAHA!

"Oops. I need a lawyer to declare bankruptcy."

[StoopTroup]

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[StoopTroup]

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[StoopTroup]

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[StoopTroup]

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[StoopTroup]

Wild Flo>Lawyer>Doctor>CEO

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[Spray]

All of which proves when you really need a lawyer karma will give you the "BEST".

[Blue]

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Its a picture of a picture in a picture in a picture. I WIN.

[StoopTroup]

Wild Flo knows how to frame.