Neuroscience
As a follow-up to this week's news about dementia and the voter, I note that the senior author of the JAMA article has a funded project to examine this issue, called the Dementia Voting Project [project website].
According to the site's homepage:
According to the site, some of the questions they are examining include:
- How To Increase Voter Turnout
The political parties don't agree on much but what they do all agree on is that the more people who exercise their right to vote, the better. Psychology can help. A new study shows that phone calls to encourage people to vote can be made more effective...
- You're Similar To Me, So Have My Vote
Research into romantic attraction has shown that we're often drawn to people who are similar to ourselves. Now Gian Caprara and colleagues have shown the same principle applies to our voting habits. Over 1,500 Italian voters rated their own personality...
- Want To Achieve Something? Picture Yourself Doing It From A Third-person Perspective
'Visualise yourself doing it' is a common slice of advice for people seeking to achieve something. But there are two ways of visualising yourself in a scene: from a first-person perspective as in real-life, or from an external perspective, as...
- Dementia And The Voter - Part 2
Snips from an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer concerning the JAMA article: Dementia poses challenge when it's time to vote The Philadelphia Inquirer By Stacey Burling INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Posted on Tue, Sep. 14, 2004 Snip: "It's...
- Where You Vote Affects Your Vote
I spotted this little item today in Scientific American:"Location, location, location. We all know it’s true of real estate. But it may also apply to the ballot box. Because a team of American researchers has found that where people vote affects how...
Neuroscience
Dementia Voting Project
As a follow-up to this week's news about dementia and the voter, I note that the senior author of the JAMA article has a funded project to examine this issue, called the Dementia Voting Project [project website].
According to the site's homepage:
"Welcome to the Dementia Voting Project. The goal of this project is to identify and address the ethical, legal, political, medical and practical issues regarding the rights and abilities of individuals with dementia and other causes of cognitive impairment to vote."
According to the site, some of the questions they are examining include:
How should we understand the construct of "the capacity to vote"?
How can a person assess another person's "capacity to vote?"
What kind of assistance in voting is appropriate to provide to a person with cognitive impairment who retains sufficient residual capacity to cast a meaningful vote?
What role should long-term care staff have in providing voting assistance to residents?
What are the political consequences of voting by persons who lack the capacity to vote?
- How To Increase Voter Turnout
The political parties don't agree on much but what they do all agree on is that the more people who exercise their right to vote, the better. Psychology can help. A new study shows that phone calls to encourage people to vote can be made more effective...
- You're Similar To Me, So Have My Vote
Research into romantic attraction has shown that we're often drawn to people who are similar to ourselves. Now Gian Caprara and colleagues have shown the same principle applies to our voting habits. Over 1,500 Italian voters rated their own personality...
- Want To Achieve Something? Picture Yourself Doing It From A Third-person Perspective
'Visualise yourself doing it' is a common slice of advice for people seeking to achieve something. But there are two ways of visualising yourself in a scene: from a first-person perspective as in real-life, or from an external perspective, as...
- Dementia And The Voter - Part 2
Snips from an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer concerning the JAMA article: Dementia poses challenge when it's time to vote The Philadelphia Inquirer By Stacey Burling INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Posted on Tue, Sep. 14, 2004 Snip: "It's...
- Where You Vote Affects Your Vote
I spotted this little item today in Scientific American:"Location, location, location. We all know it’s true of real estate. But it may also apply to the ballot box. Because a team of American researchers has found that where people vote affects how...