BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Political views 'all in the mind'

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Political views 'all in the mind': "Scientists studying voters in the US say our political views may be an integral part of our physical makeup.

Their research, published in the journal Science, indicates that people who are sensitive to fear or threat are likely to support a right wing agenda.

Those who perceived less danger in a series of images and sounds were more inclined to support liberal policies."

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Taxi drivers 'have brain sat-nav'

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Taxi drivers 'have brain sat-nav'

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Brain Cells Observed Summoning a Memory - NYTimes.com

Brain Cells Observed Summoning a Memory - NYTimes.com: "Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it.

The recordings, taken from the brains of epilepsy patients being prepared for surgery, demonstrate that these spontaneous memories reside in some of the very same neurons that fired most furiously when the recalled event was first experienced. Researchers had long theorized as much but until now had only indirect evidence."

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