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Date Posted: 09:55:09 09/14/07 Fri In reply to: Duncan7 's message, "Re: 3 pug presidents (the bushes & reagan) are responsible for 70% of the debt ever incurred by US Govt" on 22:44:57 09/13/07 Thu >Ah, but they keep getting elected. Trying to prove how gullible you are? > >>No suprise, your statement flies in the face of >>reality. >> >>onservatives, rightwingers or whatever you what to >>>call them want to spend their own money. Leftwingers, >>>liberals or whatever you want to call them want to >>>spend other people's money. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> perhaps this is the reason left and right seldom >>>>agree. >>>> >>>> >>>>href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-pol >i >>t >>>i >>>>cs10sep10,0,5982337.story?coll=la-home-center">http: >/ >>/ >>>w >>>>ww.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-politics10sep10,0 >, >>5 >>>9 >>>>82337.story?coll=la-home-center >>>> >>>>Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain >>>>template_bas >>>>template_bas >>>>Even in humdrum nonpolitical decisions, liberals and >>>>conservatives literally think differently, >>researchers >>>>show. >>>>September 10, 2007 >>>> >>>> >>>>Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists >>>>have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and >>>>conflict better than conservatives because of how >>>>their brains work. >>>> >>>>In a simple experiment being reported today in the >>>>journal Nature Neuroscience, scientists at New York >>>>University and UCLA show 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 show "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 the 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 got the same results when they repeated >>>>the experiment in reverse, asking another set of >>>>participants to tap when a W appeared. >>>> >>>>Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher at UC Berkeley's >>>>Institute of Personality and Social Research who was >>>>not connected to the study, said results "provided >an >>>>elegant demonstration that individual differences on >>a >>>>conservative-liberal dimension are strongly related >>to >>>>brain activity." >>>> >>>>Analyzing the data, Sulloway said liberals were 4.9 >>>>times as likely as conservatives to show activity in >>>>the brain circuits that deal with conflicts, and 2.2 >>>>times as likely to score in the top half of the >>>>distribution for accuracy. >>>> >>>>Sulloway said the results could explain why >President >>>>Bush demonstrated a single-minded commitment to the >>>>Iraq war and why some people perceived Sen. John F. >>>>Kerry, the liberal Massachusetts Democrat who >opposed >>>>Bush in the 2004 presidential race, as a >flip-flopper >>>>for changing his mind about the conflict. >>>> >>>>Based on the results, he 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 New York University, cautioned that >the >>>>study looked at a narrow range of human behavior and >>>>that 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 favor abortion rights. >>>> >>>>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?" Amodio asked. "Maybe it suggests >one >>>>reason why they tend not to get along." >>>> >>>>denise.gellene@latimes.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Save/Share [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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