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Are There Differences Between Liberal and Conservative Brains?


Conservative and Liberal Brains Might Have Some Real Differences

On the whole, the research shows, conservatives desire security, predictability and authority more than liberals do, and liberals are more ...

Political Orientations Are Correlated with Brain Structure in Young ...

We found that greater liberalism was associated with increased gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex, whereas greater conservatism was associated ...

How Are the Brains of Liberals and Conservatives Different?

“Previous studies showed that liberals and conservatives differ in cognitive style. Liberals are more flexible, and tolerant of complexity and ...

THE NEURAL CORRELATES OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR

Conservatives' brains are more likely than those of liberals to activate in response to clear distinctions between “insider” and “outsider” groups1.

'Political neuroscience' says conservatives and liberals are wired ...

“Liberals in some cases tend to focus more on issues like harm and fairness, whereas conservatives might care more about threats to their in- ...

Conservatives have larger brain amygdalas than liberals: study

That study found that compared to liberals, conservatives tend to have larger amygdalas and smaller anterior cingulate cortexes (ACC), which are ...

Intrinsic functional connectivity of blue and red brains - Nature

Conservatives are more sensitive to threatening/anxious situations in perceptual and cognitive levels, experiencing emotional responses and ...

Conservative and Liberal Brains Might Have Some Real Differences

"On the whole, the research shows, conservatives desire security, predictability and authority more than liberals do, and liberals are more ...

Study offers neurological explanation for how brains bias partisans ...

The researchers found that the brains of Democrats separate incoming information in the same way, which then gives similar, partisan meanings to ...

Brain scans remarkably good at predicting political ideology

... conservative or liberal, according to the largest study of its kind.Researchers found that the “signatures” in the brain revealed by the ...

Is political ideology correlated with brain structure? A preregistered ...

were the first to demonstrate that compared to liberals, conservatives show a larger volume of gray matter in the right amygdala (rAMG), a ...

How Are the Brains of Liberals and Conservatives Different? [update]

In moral judgments, conservatives emphasize value of actions, while liberals emphasize value of expected outcome. “Conservatives and liberals disagree sharply ...

Liberal or Conservative? Your Brain Gives it Away - YouTube

... differences between politics: left and the right. Political leanings vary with facial expression processing and psychosocial functioning ...

Biology and political orientation - Wikipedia

Studies have found that subjects with right-wing (or conservative in the United States) political views have larger amygdalae, report larger social networks and ...

A grey matter? Nature, nurture and the study of forming political ...

Firth's study, conducted at UCL, reported structural differences between conservative and liberal brains. Conservatives, on average, had a ...

A Neurology of the Conservative-Liberal Dimension of Political ...

Conservatives tend to use “gut-reaction” heuristics and more step-by-step methodical analyses, whereas liberals tend to be more reflective (e.g. ...

Red vs. Blue: The Neuroscience Behind Politics

At its core, the largest difference between conservative and liberal brains is their sensitivity to disgust. Over the years, fMRI research ...

What Political Polarization Looks Like in the Brain

Liberal and conservative brains respond differently to political messages, a new study finds. ... How can the partisan divide be bridged when ...

Differences in Conservative and Liberal Brains

Conservatism is focused on preventing negative outcomes, while liberalism is focused on advancing positive outcomes. "Political liberalism and ...

Red brain, blue brain: evaluative processes differ in Democrats and ...

In particular, a recent study of young adults suggests that liberals and conservatives have significantly different brain structure, with liberals showing ...