Posted on 02/23/2017 9:55:44 AM PST by Mozilla
our show will spotlight a first-of-its-kind social experiment to identify the dangerous and disruptive effect of fake news on our brains. We had high profile fake news creator Jestin Coler craft two fictional stories: one designed to prey on liberals and another on conservatives. Women read the articles, not knowing they were fake, as neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen gathered quantitative EEG assessments. The findings supported results of a functional MRI study recently published in Nature Scientific Reports, which showed how challenging a person’s political beliefs could activate the parts of the brain associated with emotion and self-identity.
A self-described liberal woman in our social experiment reported feeling sad after reading a fictional article on illegal immigrants, but revealed stronger irritation and anger when processing a fake story about a jailed climate change researcher. Simultaneous changes in her brain activity were also much greater when processing the climate change story and correlated with a strong emotional response of angst and fear. A conservative woman demonstrated opposite reactions. For her, the article on illegal immigration elicited changes in brain activity changes that you would see during a physical threat.
The women were not told that the articles were fake until they were seated on stage. What happened next was startling. First, the women understandably, but awkwardly, tried to defend why they believed the false stories, rather than expressing frustration that they had been duped. This natural human tendency was highlighted by one woman’s comment that while the news was fake, it reinforced a truth she felt about our country—so the piece was tolerable.
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This story reporting on fake news is itself fake news. The primary focus is on emotional reaction to stories people don’t like. The story being fake is irrelevant to the emotional reaction at the time. Although, with enough fake stories, people will be conditioned to doubt everything the MSM says. We may have already gone beyond this point.
Ozzzzz? Shouldn’t he be out pushing diet pills and wrinkle creams.
That’s what I was thinking! Isn’t it perfectly normal to feel angry a things that you are sure are wrong, and smile at things you know are wrong but wish were right? And the brain scan shows whether you are happy, sad, or angry? Duh.
There is no such item as “fake news”. There is and always has been propaganda, left, right and center and that is unlikely to stop. So please stop with the “fake vews” BS.
Jaw dropping!
They’re all a bunch of liars. They think this BS will bring people back to watching their fake news programs.
Bkml
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