Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:Taking supplements of creatine aids cognition in the elderly.Comparing the brain activity of liberals and conservatives using EEG. Expert hikers were better than novice hikers at remembering mountain scenes,

http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2007/11/extras.html

A short article published recently in Nature Neuroscience suggests that the brains of self-reported liberals showed greater conflict-related anterior cingulate cortex activity (ERP)  in a Go/No-go task (when errors were made or when inhibition of the pre-potent

http://kolber.typepad.com/ethics_law_blog/2007/09/new-issue-of-aj.html

David Amodio responds to The Neurocritic's post about his hot study on [American] political thinking, Neurocognitive correlates of liberalism and conservatism, published in Nature Neuroscience. While criticism in the blogosphere was mostly based on newspaper

http://www.scienceblogs.com/omnibrain/2007/09/political_thinking_author_...

Dr. David Amodio has graciously taken the time to respond to many of the criticisms of his paper, Neurocognitive correlates of liberalism and conservatism, made by The Neurocritic and others.Hi Neurocritic,I like your blog its important to a have a critical

http://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2007/09/david-amodio-responds.html

The Seattle Times has an interesting article on the link between political views and the brainIn a study likely to raise the hackles of some conservatives, scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los Angeles, found that a specific

http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2007/09/politics-on-you.html

An awful lot of cyberink has been spilled over the liberal-conservative EEG study published online in Nature Neuroscience a few days ago. The Neurocritic is not an expert in social psychology or personality, so to be fair in the sequel to The Error of Prognosticating

http://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2007/09/liberals-are-neurotic-and-conser...

Heres what the recent Nature Neuroscience paper Neurocognitive correlates of liberalism and conservatism (See here for one of the many news reports) made me think.This looks like the (one of the) neural manifestation of a personality axis, such as bold/timid,

http://gentraso.blogspot.com/2007/09/why-you-will-never-get-everyone-to....

The Seattle Times has an interesting article on the link between political views and the brainIn a study likely to raise the hackles of some conservatives, scientists at New York University and the University of California, Los Angeles, found that a specific

http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2007/09/politics_on_you.html

Just saw a recent article in the LA times that should get some attention. Here is the Nature Neuroscience primary source:That’s right folks … I always knew THEY were strange and different!

http://blog.everydayscientist.com/?p=656

Figure 1. Liberals and conservatives in the study of Amodio et al. (2007) voted primarily for Kerry and Bush, respectively, in 2004. Brain wave recordings adapted from Mathalon et al. (2002).You've seen the headlines:Brains of liberals, conservatives may work

http://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2007/09/error-of-prognosticating-politic...