Study: Brain reactions to emotional info influenced by genes.
 

How your brain reacts to emotional information is influenced by your genes


Interesting study.

Re: Study: Brain reactions to emotional info influenced by genes.
 

I thought the same when I read it

Re: Study: Brain reactions to emotional info influenced by genes.
 

Interesting piece. The unfortunate upshot of all this genetic tinkering is that in a century or two we will end up as a species of clones.

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Quite possibly. The things science can and will be able to do, some of it is a little unsettling.

The brain is still one of the least understood organs as far as I know, its a tricky thing to figure out for science it seems.

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Yes, despite massive advances, very early stages for understanding the brain. Look up "connectome" for some more insight.

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How can you tell the difference between a male chromosome and a female one?

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Check out Robert Sapolsky's lectures (look out for the depression lecture, I don't think it's in the playlist):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...0326949691B199

A fun starting point is this one, regarding his position on the "biological underpinnings of religiosity":