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Wow! Must show this to my wife... ;-) Nic 57/15 (Honestly.......) On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:44 AM, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Could this be why liars bother me so much? > Ray > > > PARKINSON'S DISEASE NEWS > from Viartis > > 7th April 2009 - New research > PARKINSON'S DISEASE PATIENTS HAVE TROUBLE LYING > > Brain [2009] Mar 31 [Epub ahead of print] (Abe N, Fujii T, Hirayama K, > Takeda A, Hosokai Y, Ishioka T, Nishio Y, Suzuki K, Itoyama Y, Takahashi S, > Fukuda H, Mori E.) Complete abstract > > The medical literature has suggested that people with Parkinson's Disease > have characteristic personality traits such as industriousness, seriousness > and inflexibility. They have also been described as "honest", indicating > that they have a tendency not to deceive others. These personality traits > may be associated with dysfunction of specific brain regions affected by > Parkinson's Disease. In the present study, researchers showed that most > people with Parkinson's disease are "honest", and that this personality > trait might be derived from dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex. People > with Parkinson's disease had difficulty making deceptive responses when > compared to healthy controls. This difficulty was significantly correlated > with reduced function in part of the brain. The results are the first to > demonstrate the greater honesty found in people with Parkinson's Disease and > that it has a neurobiological basis. > > > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn