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Compared with the lying group, honest volunteers had relatively quiet minds - that is, they showed no distinctive activity in the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for planning and decision-making. In the dishonest group, however, areas within the volunteers' prefrontal cortices registered vigorous activity - and the activity...
The fact is, we sometimes withhold information from print either because we're convinced that publishing it would put lives at risk or to protect national security. We've done that not only in the case of [kidnapped reporter] David Rohde but other kidnappings as well. We've done it...
6 | Detroit A Win for GM It appears Cadillac will not be going the way of the Edsel, thanks to a federal bankruptcy judge's ruling that may save General Motors. The July 5 decision will let GM sell its best assets--including the Cadillac and Chevrolet brands--to a...
10 | New Delhi A Watershed Gay-Rights Ruling Gay Indians are no longer legally confined to the closet. In a landmark decision, New Delhi's highest court struck down a 150-year-old law that prohibited "carnal intercourse against the order of nature." Though it applies only to the nation...
But my favorite example of leadership as responsibility is a memo that was never sent. The day before the D-day landings in 1944, Dwight Eisenhower--not much obvious charisma there--sat down and wrote a short message that would be made public in the event that the next day...