tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375684602371061139.post6546167801282418062..comments2013-10-18T11:54:20.529-07:00Comments on Nathan Explains Science: Brain Regions, Errors of Logic, and Willie HortonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07722092273431720361noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375684602371061139.post-25039071520460184272012-01-07T15:56:05.359-08:002012-01-07T15:56:05.359-08:00I wonder if you could comment on claims by researc...I wonder if you could comment on claims by researchers that experienced meditators show high activity in brain-regions 'associated with compassion', e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16389183. Do they mean the insula, or are they looking at the more complete picture of networked areas being activated? Thank youMr. Propterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685921625906574030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375684602371061139.post-13674713977622278352011-10-07T10:55:01.010-07:002011-10-07T10:55:01.010-07:00Thanks for link, John! I was not the first to comm...Thanks for link, John! I was not the first to comment on the neuroscience by any means; there was a splendidly-titled piece in Wired the day after Lindstrom's piece came out. One thing that I wanted to do — that others hadn't — was point out how this is an example of broader, quite common error of generalization.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722092273431720361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375684602371061139.post-57272570217121412902011-10-06T15:22:50.042-07:002011-10-06T15:22:50.042-07:00Nathan, look at the relevant letter in yesterday&#...Nathan, look at the relevant letter in yesterday's Times –– or, better, <a href="http://www.russpoldrack.org/2011/10/nyt-letter-to-editor-uncut-version.html" rel="nofollow">this uncut version</a>. It looks as though many people are with you.John Bullockhttp://bullock.research.yale.edunoreply@blogger.com