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huh. I can lie- I'm beautiful and a genius :) Amanda Quoting rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>: > People With Parkinson's are an Honest Lot > Wednesday May 20, 2009 > "White" lies or lies that harm no-one are ubiquitous in life. Everyone > sometimes lies a little in order to avoid some greater harm or inconvience to > self or others. But these white lies take some mental agility to accomplish > and a lot of memory power to keep track of. Now a group of Japanese > scientists have shown that people with Parkinson's disease find it more > difficult than healthy people to tell these sorts of white lies. When persons > with PD show difficulty in telling white lies they demonstrate less metabolic > activity in the prefrontal cortex than do healthy people when they are > telling white lies. Apparently you need a certain level of dopamine activity > in the prefrontal cortex to tell a convincing white lie and because persons > with PD find it more difficult to reach that level of dopamine activity in > the prefrontal cortex they also find it more difficult to lie. > Source: Nobuhito Abe et al. "Do parkinsonian patients have trouble telling > lies? The neurobiological basis of deceptive behavior." Brain 2009 > 132(5):1386-1395; > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn