{"id":3654,"date":"2017-10-23T04:44:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T04:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=3654"},"modified":"2017-10-23T04:44:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T04:44:57","slug":"belies-belief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=3654","title":{"rendered":"Belies Belief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Editors Note: Because the appropriate images to illustrate this story were tied up in a dispute with Canada Post, alternate images have been introduced to challenge the readers imagination and patience.Complaints may be lodged but will be ignored!<\/em><\/div>\n
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Scientists discover Court Painter’s brain neural switch for becoming an alpha male<\/h1>\n

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Court Painter turns bold after his \u2018alpha\u2019 circuit is stimulated as results show \u2018winner effect\u2019 lingers on much to the dismay of those who are forced to interact with him socially or in the studio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

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photo: Court Painter with unidentified admirer<\/em><\/figcaption>
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Latest research has pinpointed brain circuit responsible for Court Painter’s aggressive and dominating behaviour in the studio and on the art circuit.<\/figcaption>
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photo: Court Painter & CC (name available upon request) in consultation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brash, brawny and keen to impose his will on anyone who enters his studio sphere of existence: the alpha male Court Painter in action is unmistakable.<\/p>\n

\"\"photo: Court Painter and Press Attache deliver painting to Heritage Minister Joly\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Now scientists claim to have pinpointed the biological root of his domineering behaviour. New research has located a brain circuit that, when activated , transformed a once timid portraitist into bold alpha action painter that almost always prevails in aggressive social encounters i.e.: at art openings pushing to the head of the wine & free snacks line .<\/p>\n

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The brain region, called the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC), was already known to light up during social interactions involving decisions about whether to be assertive or submissive with others. But brain imaging alone could not determine whether the circuit was ultimately controlling how Court Painter behaves.<\/p>\n

\"\"photo: anonymous dance party<\/em><\/p>\n

Court Painter generally organizes his studio with stable social hierarchies that minimize conflict between his unpaid studio interns. However, just for laffs he sometimes will pitch studio interns of different rank against each other in a range of tests to assess dominance.<\/p>\n

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In one, pairs of studio interns engaged in a head-to-head chess match. In the video that Press Attache A Hardon MacKay recorded, one subordinate intern is seen putting up only light resistance, but when the \u201calpha\u201d circuit is stimulated by copying Court Painter’s aggressive behaviour, the intern adopts a rugby-style drive, propelling the opponent away from the chess board. With brain stimulation, low ranking interns won 90% of the time against collegues they would normally have lost to.<\/p>\n

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