09-12-2007, 11:13 AM
Quote:A new study says conservatives and liberals have differences in their brain chemistry.
If you've staked out a spot on either side of the "red" versus "blue" ideological divide, you probably already suspected this. But now, researchers say they have demonstrated actual neurological differences between the brains of liberals and conservatives.
According to the Sacramento Bee, scientists at New York University have discovered that those on opposite sides of the political fence use different parts of their brains when making instant decisions...
full article: http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9776258-7.html
Quote:"Political attitudes are dispositional in nature, almost more like personalities. They're not necessarily a choice," said the study's lead author David Amodio, a professor of psychology at New York University.
On top of that, political attitudes seem correlated with certain skills and behaviors.
Liberals were better at the kind of decision making that Amodio and his co-authors measured, leaving him anxious to point out in an interview that perhaps conservatives excel at other things.[and perhaps they don't]
full article: http://www.sacbee.com/101/v-print/story/370339.html
