OT(but relevant):Neuroscience Of Revenge

[laughingtiger]

I saw this article today on BoingBoing.net that made me think of the flame-a-paloozas the crop up on these forums. Thoughts anyone? :drink:

Neuroscience Of Revenge

Researchers at the University of Zurich have shown that revenge is, well, sweet. Their experiment, described in Scientific American, was based on a game where one player was given the opportunity to punish another player for financially screwing him. PET scans revealed that when a player contemplated revenge, his striatum, a "reward center" in the brain, became energized.

This sort of causal relationship may explain why people are willing to discipline a stranger even when there is no immediate gain in it for them. "Emotions play a proactive as well as reactive role," remarks Brian Knutson of Stanford University who penned an accompanying commentary (to a paper about the study in the journal Science). He notes that "passionate" forces may need to be included in economic models because, as this research shows, “people show systematic deviations from rationality."

:scratch:

[WingBlade]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

Your making me more brain cells that need be when browsing these threads...


how dare you..........

[HAMC8112]

So ppl arent rational? Doesnt seem news to me. :lol:

[cyradis2003]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

Your making me more brain cells that need be when browsing these threads...


how dare you..........

*pets the wolf*

*gets bitten by the wolf because it is not smart to pet wolves in general*

*punishes the wolf for biting her even though had she not been petting him she would not be bitten*

*gets oodles of striatoriationized reward center good feelings for punishing the wolf*

*takes up a career as a dominatrix in order to keep that striatorizedationality going*

:scared:

God it hurts to live in my brain. :surprise:

[terrymanning]

*takes up a career as a dominatrix in order to keep that striatorizedationality going*

Busy Friday night? :worship:

[cyradis2003]

Busy Friday night? :worship:

*spanks TM*

Naughty Bad TM!!!!

[terrymanning]

*spanks TM*

Naughty Bad TM!!!!


Wow, you're good at this. If I didn't know better, I'd say you've done this before.

[laughingtiger]

*pets the wolf*

*gets bitten by the wolf because it is not smart to pet wolves in general*

*punishes the wolf for biting her even though had she not been petting him she would not be bitten*

*gets oodles of striatoriationized reward center good feelings for punishing the wolf*

*takes up a career as a dominatrix in order to keep that striatorizedationality going*

:scared:

God it hurts to live in my brain. :surprise:

Sign me up for Saturday, Mistress Cyradis. :lol:

[cyradis2003]

Sign me up for Saturday, Mistress Cyradis. :lol:

You will have to dress up like an English School boy (complete with short pants and beanie hat) and stand in the corner reciting lines while I play with Bob ... if this is your idea of a fun Saturday night by all means Bring Bob on over!!! Hell, bring Bob over either way!!!

I see the Bob pictures and just have insane urges to pet him and huggle him!!! I feel the same way about the Jinx kitty on Flux's blog though not to the same extreme.

I am a such a kitty tramp. :surprise:

[laughingtiger]

You will have to dress up like an English School boy (complete with short pants and beanie hat) and stand in the corner reciting lines while I play with Bob ... if this is your idea of a fun Saturday night by all means Bring Bob on over!!! Hell, bring Bob over either way!!!

I see the Bob pictures and just have insane urges to pet him and huggle him!!! I feel the same way about the Jinx kitty on Flux's blog though not to the same extreme.

I am a such a kitty tramp. :surprise:

It's spankins... Bob loves to be spanked. :lol:

[Cleglaw_Himself]

while I play with Bob ... if this is your idea of a fun Saturday night by all means Bring Bob on over!!! Hell, bring Bob over either way!!!

:surprise:
Hmmm, and we all know what 'Bob' really means...

[laughingtiger]

Hmmm, and we all know what 'Bob' really means...

LOL! *snort* LOL! :lol: