Scientists confirm: Liberals and Tories are thick.

[danielf]

Don't blame me. It's genuine scientific research

Scientist Geraint Rees, from University College London's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, initially scanned the brains of Conservative politician Alan Duncan and Labour's Stephen Pound for the Today programme.

He then continued the research with a further 90 participants which found that Liberal and Conservative attitudes were associated with thicker areas of parts of the brain.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13661538

[denphone]

Originally Posted by danielf

Don't blame me. It's genuine scientific research



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13661538

Just what people thought anyway so no surprise to me.

[Hugh]

Does "thicker parts of the brain" mean more neurons and synapses, perhaps?

[BenMcr]

So is there a Northern part of the brain for associated for Labour supporters?

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by denphone

Just what people thought anyway so no surprise to me.

Thus spake the man whose facts come from the Mail - at least your brain will be in "mint condition*".....


*one owner, hardly used, occasionally taken out for a spin at weekends....

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This story came out last year in Oz, and was put a little differently....

"The anterior cingulate is a part of the brain that is on the middle surface of the brain at the front and we found that the thickness of the grey matter, where the nerve cells of neurons are, was thicker the more people described themselves as liberal or left wing and thinner the more they described themselves as conservative or right wing," he told the program.


"The amygdala is a part of the brain which is very old and very ancient and thought to be very primitive and to do with the detection of emotions. The right amygdala was larger in those people who described themselves as conservative.

So basically, anyone who has political views is a bit thick on part of their brain......

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Hugh

This story came out last year in Oz, and was put a little differently....

So basically, anyone who has political views is a bit thick on part of their brain......

Ah, so the Tories are thick in primitive areas of the brain.

Cold, hard and emotionless...

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by danielf

Ah, so the Tories are thick in primitive areas of the brain.

Cold, hard and emotionless...

Actually, if you read it, they are thicker in the emotional area, so more prone to detection of emotion, so more empathic....

[danielf]

You're just being thick now.

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by danielf

You're just being thick now.

Well, duh!!!!

[denphone]

Originally Posted by danielf

Ah, so the Tories are thick in primitive areas of the brain.

Cold, hard and emotionless...

Exactly.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Thus spake the man whose facts come from the Mail - at least your brain will be in "mint condition*".....


*one owner, hardly used, occasionally taken out for a spin at weekends....

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This story came out last year in Oz, and was put a little differently....

So basically, anyone who has political views is a bit thick on part of their brain......

all my facts and information will come from more than one source.

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by denphone

Exactly.

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all my facts and information will come from more than one source.

The Mail and the Metro don't count as "more than one source"...

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Hugh

The Mail and the Metro don't count as "more than one source"...

You seem to have this thing with the Daily Mail Hugh and l think you have miscounted as well.