“A USC study has found the first proof of structural brain abnormalities in people who habitually lie, cheat and manipulate others.
While previous research has shown that there is heightened activity in the prefrontal cortex – the area of the brain that enables most people to feel remorse or learn moral behavior – when normal people lie, this is the first study to provide evidence of structural differences in that area among pathological liars.”
“More white matter – the wiring in the brain – may provide liars with the tools necessary to master the complex art of deceit, Raine said.
“Lying takes a lot of effort,” he said.
“It’s almost mind reading. You have to be able to understand the mindset of the other person. You also have to suppress your emotions or regulate them because you don’t want to appear nervous. There’s quite a lot to do there. You’ve got to suppress the truth.”
“When people make moral decisions, they are relying on the prefrontal cortex. When people ask normal people to make moral decisions, we see activation in the front of the brain,” he explained. “If these liars have a 14 percent reduction in gray matter, that means that they are less likely to care about moral issues or are less likely to be able to process moral issues. Having more gray matter would keep a check on these activities. http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/11655.html
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I’m still not buying the idea that a human cant work out of it. We all, in some ways are going to go through multiple hardships and woes in our life… Too many other outside factors that a person can put onto themselves could so overload themselves that their life falls through the cracks… and when a woman is given over to absolute superiority, tantrums, selfishness ect. they destroy themselves no matter what sized brain or lobe… At ;ease thats my opinion…
