Washington
(ANI):
Animal
rights
group
PETA
has
offered
Sharon
Stone
a
free
brain
scan
-
in
an
effort
to
see
if
her
lack
of
empathy
is
the
result
of
a
physical
defect
in
her
brain.
In
other
words,
PETA
wants
to
search
her
brain
to
see
if
she
has
a
heart.
PETA
President
Ingrid
Newkirk
has
written
to
the
movie
star,
suggesting
her
refusal
to
stop
wearing
fur
and
recent
ill-advised
comments
she
made
about
the
Chinese
earthquake
could
be
symptoms
of
an
underdeveloped
brain.
While
acknowledging
the
Basic
Instinct
star
as
an
intelligent
woman,
PETA
bosses
fear
the
actress
may
need
to
work
on
her
compassionate
nature.
And,
after
she
was
forced
to
apologise
to
China
for
suggesting
the
country's
recent
earthquake
tragedy
was
"karma" for
the
way
the
nation
treat
Tibetans,
PETA
chiefs
feel
Stone
might
be
ready
to
undergo
medical
tests.
"Given
that
millions
of
people...
were
killed,
injured,
and
left
homeless
by
the
recent
earthquake
in
China,
everyone
was
shocked
to
hear
you
dismiss
the
devastating
effects
of
this
disaster,"
Contactmusic
quoted
the
letter,
as
stating.
"However,
your
cavalier
attitude
did
not
come
as
a
surprise
to
us.
We
are
used
to
the
indifference
that
you
flaunt
and
the
callous
remarks
that
you
make
about
the
suffering
and
death
of
the
animals
whose
fur
you
wear
so
often.
"Scientific
studies
suggest
that
the
prefrontal
regions
of
the
brains
of
people
who
lack
empathy
might
be
underdeveloped.
Here's
our
offer:
Would
you
allow
PETA
to
pay
for
a
scan
of
the
prefrontal
region
of
your
brain
to
determine
if
comments
and
actions
that
seem
to
demonstrate
a
lack
of
empathy
are
the
result
of
a
physical
defect?"
the
letter
stated.