I don't actually think the Rees thing is that earth shaking. I mean my life certainly hasn't changed.
I have not looked at the Vul article because I am doing stuff but are you actually saying that it critiques the Rees article in particular? On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is true, no mention of politics. Out of the 55 articles about > measuring anterior cingulate cortex and amygdala response most were > insignificant yet they were reported as high in what appeared to be a > bias, maybe to gain more attention. Who wan't to publish a study that > says they discovered nothing? > > Now they were heavily criticized from the beginning for using the word > voodoo so they later changed it to puzzling. Matthew D. Lieberman and > others wrote a paper criticizing his paper and they did a bunch of > back and forth on the research which I think is healthy. > > I'm not saying Ed Vul et al is right or wrong and I'm not saying Rees > et al is right or wrong. I'm stating the Rees study is very suspicious > due to too many factors and it appears most studies that return strong > results from that part of the brain are suspicious. > > Now Dana said the Rees study was solid because it was peer reviewed. > Then you both wanted me to dispute the data itself so I found someone > who questions the measurement of the data. I can not request the > actual data because it would be useless to me. Apparently nobody else > did either since it seems to have been dismissed out of hand, sort of > like I did in the beginning. I mean it's around for two years and only > two cites. For something of this magnitude? > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> The meta analysis touches on some areas in neuro imaging that's I've >> had my doubts about for a while. I need to spend some time carefully >> digging through it, there's a lot there. One immediate issue is that >> the study does not address the neuroanatomical covariants of political >> belief. Rather it looks at the reported relationship between >> activation and personality traits. So in one sense this study is not >> relevant to the discussion. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347075 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
