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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
Hell yes.
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The frontal lobes of the brain have been implicated in behavioral inhibition, the ability to control emotions and impulses. The frontal lobes are also thought to be the place where decisions about right and wrong, as well as cause-effect relationships are processed. In contrast, the amygdala is part of the limbic system of the brain and is involved in instinctive “gut” reactions, including “fight or flight” responses. Lower activity in the frontal lobe could lead to poor control over behavior and emotions, while an overactive amygdala may be associated with high levels of emotional arousal and reactionary decision-making.
The results from the McLean study suggest that while adults can to use rational decision making processes when facing emotional decisions, adolescent brains are simply not yet equipped to think through things in the same way.
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These concepts were discussed in previous threads:
Creative Gun Control Proposal
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Originally Posted by tw
... those who need unrestricted big guns typically act like adult children. An adult, using the brain that forms after age 16, would not post personal attacks. Adults reply with logic; not with the emotional brain that characterizes children.
The emotional (adults who are still children) will adamently deny that reality.
Science also says some adults never form / use their pre-frontal cortex. ... Children and adults who are still children can be told how to think. Will reply with anger, emotion, and cheapshots when manipulation is exposed.
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And elsewhere in:
Guns don't kill people ....
Watching the Republicans - Runaway Train
Creative Gun Control Proposal
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Originally Posted by tw
"Blue you ignorant slut ..." is not from a stable adult. Unfortunately many who post emotional - who demonstrate no prefrontal cortex - also need big guns. To defend against a government conspiring to ... well, what exactly is government conspiring to do? ...
Just so you do not get confused by upwelling anger. Where are statistics that prove we all need big guns? Where, using hard facts, is an actual threat?
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Fears and other emotions are found when a prefrontal cortex has not yet learned to controls a child's emotional brain. This function does not appear until after 16. In some, it does not develop until 24. The text books also say some never fully form a prefrontal cortex. Then facts and numbers remains illusive and rrelevant to emotions inspired by advertising and other brainwashing methods.
This discussion continues farther in science and law. Does someone whose prefrontal cortex never fully developed or clearly shows signs of damage (and therefore subject to emotional outbursts)- is it really Constitutional to apply the death penalty to such a person? Since an adult without or with a minimal prefrontal cortex is an adult who is still a child. Therefore entertains their emotions rather than think logically.
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Originally Posted by tw
Age has more to do with it. In particular, how a prefrontal cortex grows. With age, we think less with our emotions (those lower level functions that children use). And more from a brain lobe less influenced by emotion. It is the process of becoming an adult. Or more adult.
... You were called old. The emotional would feel insulted. You were called older. And the underlying science says why that is good. An adult who is still more of a child would be insulted. An adult thinking logically saw what was only posted in that paragraph.
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