Newsie stuff
Jun. 8th, 2004 09:51 amJust days after posting my review of the first season of Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex, Reason magazine posts a quite excellent review as well.
Under the heading of interesting, scientists conducting MRI studies have discovered that the part of the brain that is active when one attempts to model the behavior of others is quiescent when regarding one's own children, but not when regarding one's romantic partner. This suggests that part of the reward of being in love is knowing that one is loved, but that this reward isn't necessary when talking about our own children: we know that infants can't reciprocate love as people who have all their brain circuitry solid supposedly can, and we still love our children even when they're acting in ways contrary to our needs. We don't expect to be able to negotiate with them.
No surprise: the section of the hypothalamus that lights up during sexual arousal also lights up when regarding one's romantic partner, but not one's kids. World goes "duh." Also no surprise: when "in love," locales in the brain associated with social judgements get dampend.
Love Really Is Blind...
At the same time, more confirmation that sleep is necessary for learning.
And things that suck: Kate Worley has died. Kate was the creative force behind the story in Omaha the Cat Dancer, and her being gone means now that we'll never know how it was supposed to end. She battled cancer for many years, and it finally overwhelmed her. My thoughts are with her family in this hard time.
Under the heading of interesting, scientists conducting MRI studies have discovered that the part of the brain that is active when one attempts to model the behavior of others is quiescent when regarding one's own children, but not when regarding one's romantic partner. This suggests that part of the reward of being in love is knowing that one is loved, but that this reward isn't necessary when talking about our own children: we know that infants can't reciprocate love as people who have all their brain circuitry solid supposedly can, and we still love our children even when they're acting in ways contrary to our needs. We don't expect to be able to negotiate with them.
No surprise: the section of the hypothalamus that lights up during sexual arousal also lights up when regarding one's romantic partner, but not one's kids. World goes "duh." Also no surprise: when "in love," locales in the brain associated with social judgements get dampend.
Love Really Is Blind...
At the same time, more confirmation that sleep is necessary for learning.
And things that suck: Kate Worley has died. Kate was the creative force behind the story in Omaha the Cat Dancer, and her being gone means now that we'll never know how it was supposed to end. She battled cancer for many years, and it finally overwhelmed her. My thoughts are with her family in this hard time.
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