Brain Scans Predict Political Party Affiliation

The rebels sabotaged the functional magnetic resonance imaging machines at government facilities in order to allow their members to pass undetected. The Party sought to import replacement parts. You won't be able to hide in the privacy of your own mind when the Party suspects you of heresy of thought. Liberals and conservatives exhibit different cognitive styles and converging lines of evidence suggest that biology influences differences in their political attitudes and beliefs. In particular, a recent study of young adults suggests that liberals and conservatives have significantly different brain structure, with liberals showing increased gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex, and conservatives showing increased gray matter volume in the in the amygdala. Here, we explore differences in...
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