Interesting piece! With the 2008 presidential campaign finally wrapping up tomorrow, I thought you might be interested in some light-hearted political fun. Here at Public Agenda, we think that political movies have the potential to encourage public engagement, as many films explore intriguing social and political themes. That’s why Public Agenda is asking what your favorite political movies are!
We’ve posted a list of our favorites at http://www.publicagenda.org/pages/our-favorite-political-movies and we’re asking you to post yours at http://www.publicagenda.org/forum/election-2008/your-favorite-political-movies.
Also, be sure to check out our non-partisan Voter’s Survival Kit at http://publicagenda.org/citizen/electionguides.
As a smoker who's quit and started numerous times (currently quit) I would guess that what's happening is that even a warning label triggers the concept "cigarette" in the brain. And that symbol is so tied to craving that anything attached to it is just the tail on the kite. If someone told me, "Your mother just died of cancer from smoking," I bet an fMRI would light up in the part of my brain that triggers a desire for nicotine.
I wonder if it has anything to do with nag burnout. Many people are getting tired of government constantly nagging. There is a hidden resentment that makes people want to do the opposite.
They performed an MRI while the subjects were shown the warning labels? One would venture to suggest that there was a standard 'No Smoking' rule in the Lab/Clinic, and assuming an interview or prep process took place in advance of the test, it is likely that the subject had in fact not smoked for at least 15-20 minutes by the time the MRI took place.
Then you show them a portion of a cigarette pack and think that any observed reaction will be because of the warnings???
Methinks that not even pseudo-science is in play here! I've seen more credible oedipal studies!
Interesting piece! With the 2008 presidential campaign finally wrapping up tomorrow, I thought you might be interested in some light-hearted political fun. Here at Public Agenda, we think that political movies have the potential to encourage public engagement, as many films explore intriguing social and political themes. That’s why Public Agenda is asking what your favorite political movies are!
We’ve posted a list of our favorites at http://www.publicagenda.org/pages/our-favorite-political-movies and we’re asking you to post yours at http://www.publicagenda.org/forum/election-2008/your-favorite-political-movies.
Also, be sure to check out our non-partisan Voter’s Survival Kit at http://publicagenda.org/citizen/electionguides.
Could you show some examples so I can show people them?
As a smoker who's quit and started numerous times (currently quit) I would guess that what's happening is that even a warning label triggers the concept "cigarette" in the brain. And that symbol is so tied to craving that anything attached to it is just the tail on the kite. If someone told me, "Your mother just died of cancer from smoking," I bet an fMRI would light up in the part of my brain that triggers a desire for nicotine.
I wonder if it has anything to do with nag burnout. Many people are getting tired of government constantly nagging. There is a hidden resentment that makes people want to do the opposite.
They performed an MRI while the subjects were shown the warning labels? One would venture to suggest that there was a standard 'No Smoking' rule in the Lab/Clinic, and assuming an interview or prep process took place in advance of the test, it is likely that the subject had in fact not smoked for at least 15-20 minutes by the time the MRI took place.
Then you show them a portion of a cigarette pack and think that any observed reaction will be because of the warnings???
Methinks that not even pseudo-science is in play here! I've seen more credible oedipal studies!
Well not really, but you know...
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