tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post114415623101300416..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: The partisan brainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1145046291827918762006-04-14T16:24:00.000-04:002006-04-14T16:24:00.000-04:00We are all guilty of letting our emotion get in th...We are all guilty of letting our emotion get in the way of reason. Especially on the political front. I just as much as any. It is a shame that to get into politics you must align yourself with either the R or D party. This only festers exactly what what your blog is about. Its too bad that all politicians are not independant. Perhaps that could remove some of the emotion out of decision making. But we know how far the independent usually makes it in politics.Jim Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928807367473160898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1144193636382807482006-04-04T19:33:00.000-04:002006-04-04T19:33:00.000-04:00Aaron,thanks for dropping by and for providing the...Aaron,<BR/><BR/>thanks for dropping by and for providing the correction. It's a very nice piece of work, congratulations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1144191607736918682006-04-04T19:00:00.000-04:002006-04-04T19:00:00.000-04:00Aaron Blaisdell here, author of the Science paper ...Aaron Blaisdell here, author of the Science paper you discussed. Thanks for the pleasant blog report of our results. You didn't get the details of training exactly right (i.e., the noise (tone, actually) was never paired directly with food - which could lead to a direct association between them), but you did relay the gist quite well. I agree with your suggestion that much of human reasoning is going on below the surface of awareness. The irony is that it is the research in animal psychology that leads us to the idea that much of human reasoning and rationality is "mindless" (by which I mean nonconscious) as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1144176326577313462006-04-04T14:45:00.000-04:002006-04-04T14:45:00.000-04:00M-For another take on when the brain overrides rat...M-<BR/>For another take on when the brain overrides rational thinking, you may be interested in the NY Times article "Living on Impulse" (in the Health section online), especially towards the end of the article where the author discusses the danger of "people who trust their first impressions implicitly and absolutely."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com