Scientists Locate Region Of Brain That Causes Selfishness
Published on January 30, 2013 by admin · 1 Comment
The question is, could we create a utopia by all having our basolateral amygdalas surgically removed? Via Science News:
People with damage to a specific part of the brain entrusted unexpectedly large amounts of money to complete strangers. In an investment game played in the lab, three women with damage to a small part of the brain called the basolateral amygdala handed over nearly twice as much money as healthy people.
These women didn’t expect to make a bunch of money back, an international team of researchers reports online the week of January 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Nor did they think the person they invested with was particularly trustworthy. When asked why they would invest so generously, the volunteers couldn’t provide an answer.
The results suggest that normally, the basolateral amygdala enables selfishness — putting the squeeze on generosity.
Readers Comments (1)
Daily News and Blogs
- Study Finds Marijuana Buffers Against Negative Psychological Effects of Social Exclusion
- New scientific breakthrough mimics an age-old remedy for grey hair and baldness: Onion juice
- The Benefits of Diatomaceous Earth: What You Need to Know
- Bioelectromagnetics: Bees & Flowers Communicate Using Electrical Fields, Scientists
- Eating Healthy on a Budget
- Simple Steps to Heavy Metal Chelation, Preventing Damage from Heavy Metals
- Random, Double-Blind Study Affirms Ginger’s Cancer-Fighting Benefits
- The Secret Benefits of Eating Organic Brown Seaweed
- Healing cancer from the inside out with Charlotte Gerson and Howard Straus
- Butcher Feeds Marijuana To Pigs To Create True High-Quality Meat
Excellent post however I was wondering if you could write a litte more on this topic?
I’d be very grateful if you could elaborate a little bit more. Thanks!