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shared by pepa garcía on 23 Dec 11 - No Cached

"a specific part of your brain that is hardwired to rapidly detect creatures of the nonhuman kind ..
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(1) the response of cells in the amygdala are independent of the emotional content of the pictures - cute, ugly, and dangerous animals were processed similarly
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(2) only cells in the right amygdala were responsive to seeing animals.
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early on in vertebrate evolution, the right hemisphere became specialized in dealing with unexpected and biologically relevant stimuli, or with changes in the environment.
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Lorenz called the attractive "cuteness" qualities the baby schema (‘‘Kindchenschema'') that included "a set of infantile physical features, such as round face and big eyes, that is perceived as cute and motivates caretaking behavior in the human
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perhaps down the road we'll discover differences in how brains process animals when comparing humans who are more or less concerned with the well-being of nonhuman beings.
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shared by pepa garcía on 01 Dec 10 - No Cached

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