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Posted by ihatedrugs on August 14, 2013, at 0:16:52
Malcolm Myatt always looked on the bright side of life. But the grandfather is now in a permanent state of happiness after a stroke left him unable to feel sadness.
Posted by Phillipa on August 14, 2013, at 9:52:27
In reply to Could we only be so lucky..., posted by ihatedrugs on August 14, 2013, at 0:16:52
In all honesty I wouldn't like this at all. I want the full spectrum of emotions. Preferably good ones. But I don't want a damaged brain to accomplish this. How strange. Phillipa
Posted by Hugh on August 15, 2013, at 15:57:37
In reply to Could we only be so lucky..., posted by ihatedrugs on August 14, 2013, at 0:16:52
My sister's father-in-law had been a grouch for as long as anyone could remember. Then he had a stroke on the right side of his brain, and it transformed him. He turned into a much nicer man, and would even tell jokes sometimes -- something he never did before the stroke.
A psychiatrist at Harvard named Fredric Schiffer developed Dual-Brain Psychology. He uses a special pair of glasses to try to determine if his patients have a troubled right side or left side of the brain. He finds that most of his patients have a troubled right side, but that people with PTSD are frequently troubled on the left side.
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/04.04/01-goggles.html
http://www.schiffermd.com/schiffermd.com/Welcome_to_Fredric_Schiffer_and_Dual-Brain_Psychology.html
Posted by ihatedrugs on August 15, 2013, at 23:39:55
In reply to Re: Could we only be so lucky... » ihatedrugs, posted by Phillipa on August 14, 2013, at 9:52:27
> In all honesty I wouldn't like this at all. I want the full spectrum of emotions. Preferably good ones. But I don't want a damaged brain to accomplish this. How strange. Phillipa
I agree Philipa. A multidimensional life with all of its emotions is great, but if I'd had to chose, I would rather be chronically happy that chronically sad. Hope you are doing well.
Posted by ihatedrugs on August 15, 2013, at 23:46:31
In reply to Re: Could we only be so lucky..., posted by Hugh on August 15, 2013, at 15:57:37
Hugh,
Thanks for the links. I think I remember reading something about this a few years back. Wonder if scientists are still using these observations when investigating new models of treatment.
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Posted by Hugh on August 16, 2013, at 13:21:56
In reply to Re: Could we only be so lucky... » Hugh, posted by ihatedrugs on August 15, 2013, at 23:46:31
> Wonder if scientists are still using these observations when investigating new models of treatment.
Fredric Schiffer talks about this in relation to TMS, which is always (or almost always) used to stimulate the left prefrontal cortex, which is the happy side of the brain in most people. But what about the significant minority whose happy side is on the right and whose troubled side is on the left? For them, TMS either won't help or it will make them feel worse. Schiffer did a study about this:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11877548
The approach used by many neurofeedback clinicians is to stimulate one side of the brain while calming down the other side.
http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/winter2008/feature/baehr.html
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