found online by Raymond
From Nan’s Notebook:
…those who follow the conservative/Republican point of view tend to be very deeply emotional individuals.
As many have expressed here and elsewhere, whenever the subject of Trump and/or his policies has arisen in a conversation, the discussion often devolves into little more than insults and verbal abuse from the Trump supporter.
(Regrettably, on occasion, these exchanges have resulted in lost or strained friendships and/or damaged family relationships.)
However, as many will attest, such incidents are not limited just to the topic of Trump. Discussions that include Democratic vs. Republican points of view frequently devolve into angry words and name-calling as well.
It’s always been all about their feelings.
MRI brain scans show conservatives have a larger and more easily activated amygdala, the emotional center of the fight or flight response.
Some studies:
Conservatives Big on Fear, Brain Study Finds: Are people born conservative? Article from Psychology Today in 2011:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-fear-brain-study-finds
Article from Scientific American in 2020:
https://scientificamerican.com/article/conservative-and-liberal-brains-might-have-some-real-differences/…
Wikipedia page on Biology & political orientation:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_political_orientation
Political Orientations Are Correlated with Brain Structure in Young Adults
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(11)00289-2
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3092984/
CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS DO THINK DIFFERENTLY Research shows different ways of solving everyday problems linked to political ideology
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/03/political-insight-republicans-democrats-conservatives-liberals-think-differently
Virginia Tech scientists find that biology influences political ideology
http://www.sciguru.org/newsitem/17790/virginia-tech-scientists-find-biology-influences-political-ideology