New Brain Study Identifies a "Still Small Voice"
"Many people recognize the 'little voice inside the head' that stops you from doing something, like pressing the 'send' button on an angry email. Our study identifies the brain processes involved in that last-minute rethink about what we are doing."
FOUNDING EDITOR'S NOTE: Sometimes we forget that God talks all the time to both the saved and unsaved. Science will not likely explore that aspect of brain activity, but this may be actual proof that second thoughts are something that comes from somewhere other than ourselves. We can't even COME to the Father, for instance, unless the Holy Spirit draws us, and of course, HE's always trying to draw everybody. Not everyone will recognize or accept that, of course. –Steve Shultz, BCN.
(WebMD)—Whether you call it your "conscience," a "second thought" or God's "still, small voice" speaking to you, a new study of the brain has actually found and identified the very area from where that "common sense" seems to emanate.
Marcel Brass, PhD of Germany's Max Planck Institute and Patrick Haggard, PhD, of England's University College London conducted a study on 15 healthy young adults who were hooked up to MRI machines for "real time" brain scans.
Through a series of activities performed while being monitored, the researchers noticed one area in particular—just above and between the eyes—that would light up when the participant was asked to choose at the last minute, not to do the activity.
According to Drs Brass and Haggard, the brain area is known as the dorsal fronto-median cortex or dFMC.
The study also found that some of the participants' dFMC was stronger than others, exhibiting a greater self control.
Haggard explained, "Many people recognize the 'little voice inside the head' that stops you from doing something, like pressing the 'send' button on an angry email. Our study identifies the brain processes involved in that last-minute rethink about what we are doing."
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