clairekastelan
#2 Phrenology
I struggled with the whole concept of altruism. Does that make me selfish? Maybe. Delving into the science that altruistic acts do activate the reward centre of your brain, reminded me of the Victorian art of phrenology which was the analysis of bumps on the head. Curiosity led me to finding one of these heads, and interestingly enough Love and Approbation are in roughly the same area as altruistic acts are in the brain.
To me therefore, the essence of altruism is the level of grey matter at the temporoparietal junction of the brain, and you are either born with a lot, or not much. I think I know which category I fall into.
#2 Phrenology
I struggled with the whole concept of altruism. Does that make me selfish? Maybe. Delving into the science that altruistic acts do activate the reward centre of your brain, reminded me of the Victorian art of phrenology which was the analysis of bumps on the head. Curiosity led me to finding one of these heads, and interestingly enough Love and Approbation are in roughly the same area as altruistic acts are in the brain.
To me therefore, the essence of altruism is the level of grey matter at the temporoparietal junction of the brain, and you are either born with a lot, or not much. I think I know which category I fall into.