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lol psychology 'science'. I'm hoping that it's just bad reporting, but anyone who describes the amygdala as 'the fear center' and suggest having a bigger one means someone is afraid more is just ******ed.

Thanks for the material to make fun of my neuropsych doctoral student wife though...

03-01-2012 , 12:39 AM

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lol not random, just unknown what causes it. Big difference.

If the cause is unknown, how can you claim it is not random?

03-01-2012 , 12:40 AM

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I'd much prefer more fear over more optimism. I am a big fan of survival.

03-01-2012 , 12:40 AM

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I should have been more precise.

By 'totally random' I mean 'prevalance is not affected by good clean republican living or anything else one could try'

genetic disorders come to mind.

The only purely random disease I could come up with are spontaneous point mutations, and those are really, really rare.

03-01-2012 , 12:41 AM

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If the cause is unknown, how can you claim it is not random?

Because it's highly unlikely the pancreas spontaneously combusts, and the body has processes to prevent it from happening.

03-01-2012 , 12:49 AM

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Liberals are loners obviously:

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Amygdala volume correlates positively with both the size (the number of contacts a person has) and the complexity (the number of different groups to which a person belongs) of social networks.[38][39] Individuals with larger amygdalae had larger and more complex social networks. They were also better able to make accurate social judgments about other persons' faces.[40] It is hypothesized that larger amygdalae allow for greater emotional intelligence, enabling greater societal integration and cooperation with others.[41]

03-01-2012 , 12:50 AM

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Because it's highly unlikely the pancreas spontaneously combusts, and the body has processes to prevent it from happening.

Can you rule out an unknown type of point mutation that causes pancreatitis?

03-01-2012 , 12:51 AM

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Can you rule out an unknown type of point mutation that causes pancreatitis?

A point mutation that appears after many years that ****s with pancreatic function? LOL I wonder if that's within 3 orders of magnitude with winning the lottery.

03-01-2012 , 12:54 AM

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So you're saying it's possible.

03-01-2012 , 12:55 AM

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So you're saying it's possible.

03-01-2012 , 01:27 AM

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lol psychology 'science'. I'm hoping that it's just bad reporting, but anyone who describes the amygdala as 'the fear center' and suggest having a bigger one means someone is afraid more is just ******ed.

Thanks for the material to make fun of my neuropsych doctoral student wife though...

Pretty sure that article does not use 'the fear center' at all. In fact, it talks about the fear 'path'.

Better to talk to your wife about this than take random quotes from Wiki.

03-01-2012 , 01:30 AM

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Pretty sure that article does not use 'the fear center' at all. In fact, it talks about the fear 'path'.

Better to talk to your wife about this than take random quotes from Wiki.

OK, so before you embarrass yourself further, I clicked the source of the crap article you posted, hoping to find something un-******ed. Guess what the title is....

Spoiler:

03-01-2012 , 01:42 AM

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OK, so before you embarrass yourself further, I clicked the source of the crap article you posted, hoping to find something un-******ed. Guess what the title is....

Spoiler:

So, you found a link that uses that term in its title. Guess what term doesn't appear at all in the article titled as such?

Perhaps 'fear center' is quoted, b/c it is not exactly that?

Like if I wrote, "conservatives are 'smart'".

03-01-2012 , 01:48 AM

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lol I didn't find the link, I clicked the source of your link. Also specifically said I hope it's bad reporting. Klinker gonna klinker though, 90 person ******ed study ghana change the world dude.

03-01-2012 , 01:50 AM

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I did find "fear center" in one of the comments to the linked-linked article:

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What's not mentioned in the article, but should be, is that other studies have been done that shows the activity of the brain's "fear centers" is not an inborn trait, but is correlated with child abuse. Children who have experienced physical and sexual abuse are far more likely to have hyperactive amygdalas, causing them to react in fear at the slightest provocation.

How is this relevant to conservatism? Well, think about it, who's more likely to believe in "spare the rod spoil the child"?

"Beat your child, create a Republican"? lol

03-01-2012 , 01:51 AM

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lol I didn't find the link, I clicked the source of your link. Also specifically said I hope it's bad reporting. Klinker gonna klinker though, 90 person ******ed study ghana change the world dude.

Others studies have found the same. Ask your wife.

03-01-2012 , 01:52 AM

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lol I didn't find the link, I clicked the source of your link. Also specifically said I hope it's bad reporting. Klinker gonna klinker though, 90 person ******ed study ghana change the world dude.

And that article is not the source. The study is the source.

03-01-2012 , 01:53 AM

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lol forgot I was in a tourney. lol laterz

03-01-2012 , 02:03 AM

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Others studies have found the same. Ask your wife.

Rofl now the amygdalas are the fear center. Got it. Not like they play a huge role in memory processing or whatever.... Only fear there.

03-01-2012 , 02:04 AM

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And that article is not the source. The study is the source.

Which is never actually linked to, and probably never actually published because it's a ******ed size measurement which was outmoded the moment fmris became available.

03-01-2012 , 02:27 AM

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What does "neuropsych" mean? Are there psychology programs that don't teach that the brain is the center for thoughts and emotions?

03-01-2012 , 02:56 AM

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What does "neuropsych" mean? Are there psychology programs that don't teach that the brain is the center for thoughts and emotions?

for righties, it's all in the big toe, broe...

03-01-2012 , 03:55 AM

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What does "neuropsych" mean? Are there psychology programs that don't teach that the brain is the center for thoughts and emotions?

There are four main schools of clinical psychology: Freudian, humanistic, cognitive behavioral, and family systems. I like to make fun of my wife because only CBT is remotely scientific, yet the other schools of thought retain way too much influence. Neuropsych is a subset of CBT, and is used to refer to the idea of taking advantage of the biology of the brain in therapy. I think, at least.

Other theories basically work from the assumption that the brain is magical and is a puzzle we can't figure out while Neuropsych actually tries to apply science.

03-01-2012 , 03:57 AM

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There are four main schools of clinical psychology: Freudian, humanistic, cognitive behavioral, and family systems. I like to make fun of my wife because only CBT is remotely scientific. Neuropsych is a subset of CBT, and is used to refer to the idea of taking advantage of the biology of the brain in therapy. I think, at least.

Other theories basically work from the assumption that the brain is magical and is a puzzle we can't figure out while Neuropsych actually tries to apply science.

lol @ conservatives applying skience.

03-01-2012 , 04:09 AM

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I did some research and if polling were to stay the same (which it won't) as it is now Romney won't claim delegate victory until California at the earliest. In fact I think it is entirely possible that going into April/sometime in April that Frothy will actually be ahead in delegates which sounds crazy until you see that at this point the election is kind of front loaded with south/midwest states.

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