Mirror neurons and the ENFP
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I like thinking about what anatomical differences may contribute to personality type differences/emergence. For the ENFP I wonder if we don't have a higher than usual number of mirror neurons, or if these "mirror neuron regions" in our brains don't simply have more connections, and thus more influence, on the rest of our cognitive processes.
From Wikipedia Mirror neuron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (selections and emphasis mine):
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Yep...
From Wikipedia Mirror neuron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (selections and emphasis mine):
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Mmmmhmmmm...
Fi baby all the way.
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We're supposed to have above average language abilities, and all the rest from above heh.
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Ok so we're supposedly good at making people feel comfortable. There's no debate about the fact that mirroring body movements is a great way to make others feel close and similar. And I don't know about you folks but this is not something that I TRY to do.
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:happy: ENFP's are supposed to be exceptional at "just knowing" the motivations of others.
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This is interesting, and I do think differences in brain structure contribute to differences in personality....like could differences in the limbic system contribute to differences between Ts and Fs (or even more specifically, Fis and Fes?)
It's been a long time since i've taken any neuro classes but I remember that the limbic system is huge! It's like 1/3 of your brain at least... so I would say yes hehe. I think memory, motivation, arousal (sexy and just wakey wakey), etc are all thought to be primarily handled in the limbic system.
But I think that the mirror neurons probably have more to do with Fi/Fe and even F/T - as the "article" above states there are mirror neurons in different areas of the brain which seem to be correlated with different types of empathy, emotion in general, introspection, kinds of learning, etc. There are many other structures involved in all of these tasks, but the relative extent to which one has a bunch of mirror neurons really strikes me as the extent to which one is Fi/Fe in general.
I'm going to spend some time to see if any actual research has been done correlating realtime brain scans with mbti. To the internets!
But I think that the mirror neurons probably have more to do with Fi/Fe and even F/T - as the "article" above states there are mirror neurons in different areas of the brain which seem to be correlated with different types of empathy, emotion in general, introspection, kinds of learning, etc. There are many other structures involved in all of these tasks, but the relative extent to which one has a bunch of mirror neurons really strikes me as the extent to which one is Fi/Fe in general.
I'm going to spend some time to see if any actual research has been done correlating realtime brain scans with mbti.
To the internets!
I have nothing to add, although i thought it was quite intersting to read. You may have found a gold mine here ;-)
Also involved in emotion! But yeah mirror neurons sound promising....also did you know that a condition called synesthesia is about 7 times more common in poets, artists and novelists? Its a condition in which one mode is represented by another...for example, people see letters in different colours....hear sounds and see colours....and even say something (like v) and taste something (like chocloate) and feel materials and then feel emotion....may also be correlated with mbti type
It's been a long time since i've taken any neuro classes but I remember that the limbic system is huge! It's like 1/3 of your brain at least... so I would say yes hehe. I think memory, motivation, arousal (sexy and just wakey wakey), etc are all thought to be primarily handled in the limbic system.
But I think that the mirror neurons probably have more to do with Fi/Fe and even F/T - as the "article" above states there are mirror neurons in different areas of the brain which seem to be correlated with different types of empathy, emotion in general, introspection, kinds of learning, etc. There are many other structures involved in all of these tasks, but the relative extent to which one has a bunch of mirror neurons really strikes me as the extent to which one is Fi/Fe in general.
I'm going to spend some time to see if any actual research has been done correlating realtime brain scans with mbti.
Blargh I can't find anything reliable but this slideshow which looks to be a grad student (or at least 400 lvl) class project using an EEG and a really really small sample size:
http://www.keys2cognition.com/papers/EEGandSocialCognition.pdf
However (just search for the word mirror) - it looks like I wasn't the first person to think that ENFP's are probably the big "mirror neuron" type heh. Their conclusion is that mirror neurons are all about Ne and Fi Man I wish more things like this had been done... very interesting.
http://www.keys2cognition.com/papers/EEGandSocialCognition.pdf
However (just search for the word mirror) - it looks like I wasn't the first person to think that ENFP's are probably the big "mirror neuron" type heh. Their conclusion is that mirror neurons are all about Ne and Fi
Man I wish more things like this had been done... very interesting.
Yeah, I remember V.S. Ramachandran gushing about these. Said research on them would do for psychology what DNA did for biology. I suspect he may have been going a little overboard, but who knows?
Some studies have shown evidence of a connection between the development of recursive syntax (one of language's fundamental properties) and the development of theory of mind (one of empathy's fundamental properties). The thought is that the ability to form sentences like "Jane thought that John believed that Sally was sleepy" coincides with the ability to theorize about others' mental states. Probably stretching hugely here, but this does bear some similarity to Ne in my brain. If I wrote how I thought, I'd be using loads of parentheses within parentheses within parentheses.
Some studies have shown evidence of a connection between the development of recursive syntax (one of language's fundamental properties) and the development of theory of mind (one of empathy's fundamental properties). The thought is that the ability to form sentences like "Jane thought that John believed that Sally was sleepy" coincides with the ability to theorize about others' mental states. Probably stretching hugely here, but this does bear some similarity to Ne in my brain. If I wrote how I thought, I'd be using loads of parentheses within parentheses within parentheses.
I wonder though if there's a non-causative correlation. I would be very interested to read some studies! I'm having a hard time finding any rigorous studies which explore PET scans and personality type... I couldn't find anything on synasthesia and MBTI. But again synasthesia is largely viewed as a malfunction (even if it can be a useful one).
Ah I wish I was a synasthete... always have
Ah I wish I was a synasthete... always have
Also involved in emotion! But yeah mirror neurons sound promising....also did you know that a condition called synesthesia is about 7 times more common in poets, artists and novelists? Its a condition in which one mode is represented by another...for example, people see letters in different colours....hear sounds and see colours....and even say something (like v) and taste something (like chocloate) and feel materials and then feel emotion....may also be correlated with mbti type
Hahahah oh yeah parentheses and elipses. I have two writing styles: completely insanely Ne, and rigidly Ti formal
And that would make sense really - if you check out the little grad student study I threw up there, this is their thinking as well!
And that would make sense really - if you check out the little grad student study I threw up there, this is their thinking as well!
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