Monthly Archives: August 2008

Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: Obama – empathic or narcissistic?

August 29, 2008
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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: Obama – empathic or narcissistic?

Google news search, Obama + empathy and (scroll down) Obama + narcissist “Rien d’impossible”, vintage French engraving policy with punch Chicago Tribune, United States - 5 hours ago That left the final, and most important, task of the week to Obama: selling voters on his vision, convincing them of his empathy and persuading doubters he …...

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Body laterality and asymmetry: Pinkie toe asymmetry – significant?

August 28, 2008
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Body laterality and asymmetry: Pinkie toe asymmetry – significant?

You could view congenital body asymmetry as an artifact of mid-line gestational development.

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Prediction Headline: Obama-Biden ticket wins ’08 general election

August 26, 2008
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Prediction Headline: Obama-Biden ticket wins ’08 general election

Obama/Biden wins in ’08. And how do I know this? Because I ran into a 17 year old family friend at the DMV today, who was correcting the birthday on his drivers’ license  – because he’ll be 18 just before November 2 and he wants to vote.

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Mr. Gerhartstreiter’s Diminshed Capacities: Platypuses, Palimony and Learned Hand

August 24, 2008
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Mr. Gerhartstreiter’s Diminshed Capacities: Platypuses, Palimony and Learned Hand

  This post is, of course, about Mr. Gerhartstreiter (previously discussed here, and here ): Mr. Gerhartstreiter is not particularly interesting, but predicting his future actions based on his (presumed) brain wiring is becoming more feasible.

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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: Google Trends for behavioral searches

August 22, 2008
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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: Google Trends for behavioral searches

[08.22.08 - Updated, links corrected) Google trends is a great way to waste time. Here are  some results (click image to go to Google Trends ): Depression v. bipolar; Love vs. sex; Narcissist vs. sociopath vs. psychopath; Obama vs. Mccain vs. Paris Hilton

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It’s not you, it’s me and my dopamine receptor 4 with multiple tandem repeats

August 20, 2008
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It’s not you, it’s me and my dopamine receptor 4 with multiple tandem repeats

Sadly, Mr. Meyer remarked that he does not wish to waste Ms. Aniston's time, but if it is any consolation to Ms. Aniston (assuming she is in need of consoling), it may be that Mr. Meyer has the dopamine receptor 4 with a seven repeat allele. That would render him almost physiologically incapable of...

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“You did that on purpose!” is default position in most people

August 19, 2008
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“You did that on purpose!” is default position in most people

This post is about trait anger and reactive aggression in view of intentionality bias and negative attributional bias. Or, why hotheads attack innocent people and what to do about it. Au châteaux Swivelchair, I am someone is known to get people to put away their stuff by setting said stuff directly in the owner’s...

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Neuro Epigenetic Roundup: Drifting Epigenetically and a Recipe for Blue-Corn Muffins

August 18, 2008
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Neuro Epigenetic Roundup:  Drifting Epigenetically and a Recipe for Blue-Corn Muffins

Here are Neurological Correlates' earlier posts under the category "Epigenetics", and some new information relating to epigenetic changes correlating with late on-set Alzheimer's Disease.

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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: “Child custody”

August 15, 2008
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Google news search using terms “child custody” Man accused of killing wife loses child’s custody Times of India, India - Aug 12, 2008 NEW DELHI: A father is the natural guardian of his child, so goes the law. But, when a father is accused of murdering his wife over dowry, can he still have … Lawyer:...

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End of the human migration by foot era: Correlation between Genetic and Geographic Structure in Europe

August 14, 2008
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End of the human migration by foot era: Correlation between Genetic and Geographic Structure in Europe

Figure 2. Geographic Distribution of Two Measures of Genetic Diversity across the European Population (A and B) Isoline map (A) of Europe based on the mean observed heterozygosity in each of 23 European subpopulations with (B) corresponding spatial autocorrelogram. (C and D) Isoline map (C) of Europe based on the mean observed linkage disequilibrium based...

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