Neurological Correlates

The Neuroscience of Dysfunctional Behavior - Mostly Psychopaths, Narcissists, Obesity and Addiction

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Parle à ma main lyrics, English again -Edited, thank you Harriet

January 13th, 2008 · 25 Comments

Sigh. Blog stats show that the Parle à ma main is a popular post because everyone seems to be looking for English lyrics. Here’s a better translator, after the jump. Will someone please post a real translation instead of one of these automatic ones?
Sigh. One of the other most popular key word searches [...]

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White matter days: Tantrums and white matter — tracking down clues

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

 
Tantruming is a behavior found across a variety of conditions — including neurological ones.  Is there a basic biological reason that tantruming is a “default” dysfunction?
Adults who tantrum, my theory is, have something going on in their wiring. Low frustrational tolerance, road rage, intermittant explosive disorder — all have some biochemical aspect or a lack [...]

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Tags: Behavior · Conditions or Diagnosis · Fragile X · anger · hate · white matter

“The Moral Instinct”, New York Times Sunday Mag Cover Story

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

The NYT Sunday Magazine cover story this week, “The Moral Instinct,” by Prof. Steven Pinker, is about how we think about morals. Or how we think we think about morals:
The science of the moral sense also alerts us to ways in which our psychological makeup can get in the way of our arriving at the [...]

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Tags: Altruism/moral behavior · Behavior · Nature vs. nurture · New York Times · psychopath