Is our political allegiance hard-wired into our brains as a neuroscientists research study trends?

by bob Posted 2012/05/07 16:16:56

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	Researchers have found evidence that the brains of conservatives are a different shape to those of liberals.	4 votes	17%
	Self-proclaimed right-wingers had a more pronounced amygdala - a primitive part of the brain associated with emotion of fear, and flight/fight.	4 votes	17%
	Those aligned to the left had thicker anterior cingulates - which is an area associated with anticipation, decision-making and scientific thought process.	0 votes	0%
	Maybe we should have our politicians scanned to see their true political allegiance	0 votes	0%
	Oh my GOD, if Mitt Romney got scanned, he would break the MRI scanner	0 votes	0%
	Since conservatives do not believe in science, they will not accept the neuroscientists research	0 votes	0%
	neuroscientists research study needs to be done on politicians	0 votes	0%
	Lets do neuroscientists research on Fox News staff to prove this research	0 votes	0%
	So would damage to the conservative amygdala produce a liberal	0 votes	0%
	Would damage to the anterior cingulates make you lose judgement and become a conservative	0 votes	0%
	Undecided	3 votes	13%
	All of the above	1 vote	4%
	None of the above	11 votes	48%

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HAlex1972 2012/05/08 07:50:29

None of the above

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false science - just like global warming is man-made

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bob to HAlex1972 2012/05/08 14:25:00

so your trying to match this intellegent design... Well the experiment can be repeated over and over again with the same results.

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HAlex1972 to bob 2012/05/09 23:29:52

What the hell are you talking about, bob?

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Mike 2012/05/08 03:33:26

None of the above

i think if the liars were fined for lying that crap would stop

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bob to Mike 2012/05/08 14:25:15

Well the experiment can be repeated over and over again with the same results.

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Mike 2012/05/07 23:36:07 (edited)

Undecided

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Others maybe. I base my political views on the Preamble of the Constitution and the party who most represents all the values set down in the text. We the People and all that follows in it's contend. Including the parts conservatives have choose to ignor. Brainwashed by the words of those who wrote the Constitution, maybe.

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just me 2012/05/07 20:38:39

None of the above

Don't believe anyone is born a conservative or liberal but we all have different analytical skills and environmental factors.

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bob to just me 2012/05/07 20:57:25

in the study for conservatives lack of decision making skills mixed with fear and loathing

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sjalan 2012/05/07 20:29:35

None of the above

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Allegiences are learned just like any other social based prejudices.

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KarenInKenoshaWisconsin 2012/05/07 17:08:10

Self-proclaimed right-wingers had a more pronounced amygdala - a primitive pa...

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Brains can be rewired, to a great extent, far greater than most can appreciate.

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Philo-Publius 2012/05/07 16:36:49

None of the above

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I believe that the belief that such things are hardwired into the brain is hardwired into the brain of neuroscientists.

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bob to Philo-P... 2012/05/07 16:54:16

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You have an overdeveloped amygdala and a underdeveloped anterior cingulates; which means fears drives you and you cannot anticipate, make decisions or use the scientific process.

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Philo-P... to bob 2012/05/07 16:58:52

That's gotta be it.

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tweet_tweet 2012/05/07 16:19:11 (edited)

Undecided

How do you explain people who have had no brain injury/chemical addiction who were once very conservative and over time became very liberal, or vice versa?

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POWERSHAKER 2012/05/07 16:18:20

None of the above

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Political allegiances are not hardwired into our brain. That's ridiculous. :)

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bob to POWERSH... 2012/05/07 16:28:56

you sound full of fear see the research:http://www.dailymail...

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