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Introverts Have More Brain Activity?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the looking-only-as-far-as-the-nearest-computer-lab dept.

* * Beatles-Beatles writes to tell us Yahoo News is reporting that introverted individuals tend to have more brain activity in general, specifically in the frontal lobe. From the article: "The attitude that there's something wrong with introverted people is widely shared in society, where fast talk and snap decisions are often valued over listening, deliberation and careful planning. Extroverts seem to rule the world or, at least, the USA, which hasn't elected an introverted president for three decades, since Jimmy Carter."

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  2. Jimmy Carter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh yeah.... Jimmy Carter did a GREAT job as president. What a brilliant example. HA HA HA....

  3. Re:Fast talker by uujjj · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I see your URL ends with .nz. So I take it by "your side of the pond" you basically mean "the rest of the world"?

  4. Nifty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This introvert wouldn't have voted for Jimmy Carter if you'd put a gun to his head. Keep your politics to yourself. Doing so might even improve your politics. It has nowhere to go but right.

  5. OT: Attention, author of Simpson's joke post #1143 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Our systems have caught in our filter a Simpson's joke, originating in episode 9F20, "Marge In Chains". Enjoy your automatic +Funny moderation.

  6. Re:USA != The world - MOD parent as offtopic/troll by aristotle-dude · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    This topic is pretty universal. Sure, there are some cultural differences which can cause a greater propensity towards introverted personality traits (ie. my original homeland Finland). Having said that, I don't think you gave much thought into your post and it has the appearance of Anti-US troll posts commonly found on here. Are you an extrovert by any chance?

    BTW. I'm speaking as a Canadian in case you thought I was an American.

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    Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.