Results in hair on fire, pearl clutching snowflakes.

No offense intended to normal snowflakes.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11519434/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3092984/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/conservative-and-liberal-brains-might-have-some-real-differences/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3572122/

https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.16030051

Many more online.

Thx for posting!

I said Dunc knock it off . I got the golden retriever side eye stink eye look as to say I can’t you raised your voice father.

Dogs are great, aren't they?

and one of the courses offered was on the art of negotiation. The instructor was Chris Voss, a former hostage negotiator for the FBI. I found his course to be utterly fascinating, and was able to use this in the real world as well. His focus centered on the activity of the amygdala, which is the nerve center of all emotions.

He talked about neuroscience experiments that were done where people were put in a fMRI scanner. They then showed them a photo that was selected to make them angry, sad, lonely, etc. This induced a negative emotion which increased activity on the scanner. They then asked them “what are you feeling”? After they responded by self-labeling their emotion the electrical activity in the amygdala decreased every time.

In his hostage negotiating work they referred to this as labeling, which they would use to calm a person down, obtain more information from them, and increase the level of trust they had in the negotiator. So they might say “you seem angry”, or “it sounds like you’re upset”, which made then reflect on how they were feeling and reduce the emotion.

A major take-away from the course was to be careful about using the word "why", which immediately puts someone on the defensive.

Glad you had the opportunity to take this class!

Yes, asking "why" is generally perceived as a perjorative question which puts people in defensive mode.

Thx for sharing!

We evolved to have a balance of "hyper-competitors" and "cooperators" because its optimal for species survival. I'm very sure if Chimps and Bonobos were specifically studied in this light, they'd find the same, both inside their populations, and comparing the two species. Chimps are by and large 'righties' (patriarchal, territorial, highly competitive and aggressive) by our definitions, and Bonobos are by and large 'lefties' (matriarchal, more peaceful, apt to share, and much more accepting of "outsiders" ).

I didn't read most of the articles.

But as someone who suffers with PTSD and CPSD as well as childhood developmental trauma, I shudder at the notion that I may have traits equivalent to MAGA merely because according to the article that I did read, I most likely have an enlarged amygdala myself.

I think posting articles like this are problematic and further stigmatize people with mental health issues.

If you’re offended I’ll delete them.

I said my piece. Thanks for offering.