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In reply to the discussion: When a friend is addicted to something that is harmful to them [View all]Vesper
(229 posts)Most people are able to identify words in typos through context, there are some people with interesting brain lesions that have done trouble with deciphering written words. It's a condition called alexia, a person simply cannot read words. Though the context thing seems more of a global issue, and even when patients can't read actual words, they can figure stuff out by context.
Some sort of political anopia, selectively stops all transmission to the visual and language areas of the cortex to maintain a political belief? It would explain the right wingers and anti choicers who like to post links to articles that undermine their talking points.
I wonder if anyone is doing research on this phenomenon. It would be fascinating. Brain scans already show political orientation is related to brain architecture. With those having large amygdalas being conservatives and liberals having more gray matter in the anterior cingulate cortex.
I wonder what they'd see if they compared Moderates to more extreme members of the political spectrum.
Cognitive neuroscience is fascinating, isn't it?