that women are more empathetic than men is not a mystery. But that fails to recognize a mistake in 200 milliseconds is a discovery that is owed to the National Council for Research and the University of Milano-Bicocca. The secret is in the 'mirror neurons' that recognize inappropriate actions in a short time. And they do it because they work not allowing a communication language between the brains. In practice act in this way: if what you do is similar to what I could do myself, then I'm like you. And so, according to researchers, our choices not only obey the criteria of rationality. But, in some cases, depend on neural processes that are activated when we observe an action 'wrong' leading us, for example, not to imitate.
To understand a woman's ability to identify a man's first mistake the research team of Alice Mado Proverbio, University of Milano-Bicocca with Federica Riva and Alberto Zani Institute of Bioimaging and Molecular Physiology (IBFM) of the National Council Milan's research has the potential bioelectrical brain in humans in search of 'mirror neurons', already identified in monkey single cell recording.
the sample group were subjected hundreds of images depicting people while they perform an action belonging to the normal behavioral repertoire of the human being by putting them in conflict with no other purpose. Take a bath, write a recipe or toast paired with other the purpose is incomprehensible, like standing on one leg in the desert, sucking on a straw placed in the sump of a car or open an egg with an ax.
"Monitors - explains Mado Proverbio - was not asked to evaluate the appropriateness of the scenes, but to respond to the emergence of urban or natural landscape in order to avoid decision-making guided by subjective variables, such as ethics or morals. "According the results, published in Neuropsychologia, automatic recognition of images with purpose and distinction from those inappropriate happened in 170-200 milliseconds (ms) post-stimulus, especially in the female brain shows that faster processing. And in particular: "After about 450-600 ms is observed the peak of the negative response to the improbable and inappropriate gestures, with a connotation of this reaction more emotional than rational man and the woman."
"You know - explains the researcher Alice Mado Proverbio - who shares with purpose, like picking a fruit to eat, activate the 'mirror neurons' in a greater extent than less salient gestures, for example, to achieve a result without a pick, or pick it up and then throw it away. " And therefore the data suggest a greater female susceptibility to the actions inconsistent and provide new evidence of the existence of 'mirror neurons' in humans, as well as in primates, and their role in complex social behavior of imitation, learning and assessment of' appropriateness.
(March 8, 2010)
From: The Republic / Health
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