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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121030161416.htm
These guys have shown that the brain has distinct and separate pathways for addressing topics analytically vs empathically. They claim each pathway somehow inhibits the other one so that you can only use one at a time, which is interesting, but I don't see from the article how they proved that. The idea the analysis and empathy are mutually exclusive would be important to be aware of when you're making decisions. It gives you a reason to remind yourself to deliberately approach a problem from both angles.
I also give the article bonus points for bringing up consciousness and the explanatory gap, although, I don't see how the experiment they describe says what they claim on that issue either.
These guys have shown that the brain has distinct and separate pathways for addressing topics analytically vs empathically. They claim each pathway somehow inhibits the other one so that you can only use one at a time, which is interesting, but I don't see from the article how they proved that. The idea the analysis and empathy are mutually exclusive would be important to be aware of when you're making decisions. It gives you a reason to remind yourself to deliberately approach a problem from both angles.
I also give the article bonus points for bringing up consciousness and the explanatory gap, although, I don't see how the experiment they describe says what they claim on that issue either.
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