>First, let's take a look at the liberal brain. Studies have found that, on average, the brains of liberals have greater volume in a region known as the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). This area has been linked to several functions, including conflict detection, which enables us to regulate our behavior by identifying discrepancies between instinctual, habit-driven impulses and our actual intentions. So whether you're swerving to dodge a deer that's abruptly run onto the road, or halting before eating that one rotten grape from the fruit bowl, you can thank your ACC for its conflict detection capabilities.
>Beyond its greater size, the ACC of the liberal brain also fires more frequently while detecting these differences between instinct and intention. In a political context, this may enable liberals to approach policy issues with greater sensitivity to when their habitual tendencies are ill suited for addressing the issue at hand.
>The conservative brain, on the other hand, has greater volume in a region called the amygdala, an almond-shaped structure implicated in emotional and fear-based learning. In one study, researchers found that when conservatives hear shocking noise stimuli, such as a blast of white noise, they exhibit more fearful instinctual reactions as measured by blink response, an indicator of amygdala activity. These findings have led some to speculate that larger and more sensitive amygdalae in conservatives may cause them to be more driven by fear and emotional rewards.
Makes sense. And yes, the source cites the studies.
Haha right wingers are unnuanced and emotion driven in their thinking.
Logan Bell
I'll take whichever one can crop a fucking picture properly.
Jacob Howard
So liberals are rational problem solvers and conservatives are scared of everything.
Explains policy differences pretty well.
Lucas Stewart
Fix the picture. Paint skills are not satisfactory
Anthony Smith
The fact that ideologies can change very easily sometimes, invalidates this
Gabriel Bailey
>herrrderrr people who value tradition are fearful and retarded
More leftist lies. Do they do ANYTHING other than find ways to hurt people in more diverse ways? Seriously...someone dedicated finances towards "discovering" this theory.
Jaxson Moore
No, your brain actually grows if you go liberal. It's the real redpill.
Jeremiah Bailey
>Conservatives are the ones driven by emotion
Gavin Perez
The Amygdala is also the part responsible for Memory, thought processing, problem solving, and decision making. Nice of you to exclude that part though.
Kayden Scott
The fact that people can change ideologies does not invalidate the multiple, independent papers cited.
If you read some of the work on this, you'll find the explanation that a person can be persuaded to the opposite affiliation view point with arguments that appeal to their particular reasoning.
Nathaniel Allen
>in conservatives may cause them to be more driven by fear and emotional rewards
So which one was more likely to survive when being stalked by predator? And which one actually recognizes threats to their survival in the modern world?
Nicholas Morales
>this may enable liberals to approach policy issues with greater sensitivity to when their habitual tendencies are ill suited for addressing the issue at hand.
Angel Wilson
It's multiple studies, papers published in different scientific journals, and their methodology is all available for you to look at and properly refute. If you can't do that, you're a hurr durr right-winger.
Nolan Howard
The ACC is associated with emotion as well.
>The ACC area in the brain is associated with many functions that are correlated with conscious experience. Greater ACC activation levels were present in more emotionally aware female participants when shown short ‘emotional’ video clips.[24] Better emotional awareness is associated with improved recognition of emotional cues or targets, which is reflected by ACC activation.
Conservatives having a larger amygdala makes them more perceptible to threats. This is a good thing.
Nathan Jenkins
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Zachary Cruz
Every time they publish fake science, it's another argument against global warming ;^)
Evan Reyes
What did I just observe?
Samuel Lee
drumpf is not my president u shitlord
Hudson Watson
The differences in volume are real, but the interpretations are always faulty. Well it's more likely that this blogger just made up his interpretation and the actual scientists did not say much on the subject.
Kevin Scott
How often have you been stalked by a predator?
And also, barring any other physical difference, both are equally likely. It's not like a person would stop to think 'huh, is there any way that my basic instinct would not be practical in this situation'.
The point is that the more right you are, the more likely it is that you WON'T stop to think if say, a policy, was truly rational and the best course of action over your fear of refugees, etc.
This is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
Brandon Hernandez
"performance art"
Leo Gray
Reality proves this bullshit "only liberals are enlightened" garbage wrong.
Asher Roberts
"Shhh, you're suppose to listen to my rhetoric"
Isaac White
Holy shit, read the actual papers. They cover the difference in volume, the fear responses to different stimulus, and more. If you want to say it's false, you have to submit an alternative explanation to REAL findings.
I'm not saying you can't, but you're not even trying-- which proves the point.
Brody Foster
I want to see a study on the brains of Sup Forums posters, desu. Of course they'd need to find some Sup Forums posters with brains first, but if they ever do, that's a study I'd be interested in reading.
Alexander Walker
see
Ian Sanders
compelling
the juxtaposition of the form and the metaphor viz a viz the artistic narrative makes us feel, and in feeling we learn about reality
Jace White
What if you began as a liberal, then turned far right?
So conservatives are the ones who are driven by emotion?
I thought we were the heartless ones, which is it liberals?
Brayden Nelson
Your brain shrank and you are no longer a good person.
Ryder Campbell
This.
It's better to be afraid than to be frightened.
Ian Hall
No, it's bullshit. It's literally the opposite and any cursory review of reality proves this.
Sebastian Rivera
>people read this and actually think that science has a political bias >especially a type of bias that just happens to align with their worldview
TOP
KEK
Parker Bennett
that's why they don't see the problem with importing the third world. they're oblivious
Leo Reyes
No you dumbass, you didn't read what I said. The data and differences are real, but the interpretation is just shit the author made up. For instance:
>In another study, researchers investigated the emotional differences between the two groups and found that when faced with risky decision-making, the amygdalae of Republicans fire at a greater rate than those of Democrats. This suggests that Republicans might be relatively more influenced by emotions in their decision-making process.
No it fucking doesn't. It could just mean that Republicans are more risk averse than Democrats.
Nolan Collins
>goldstein
Jose Robinson
You dumb shit. BOTH parts of the brain are closely linked to memory and problem solving. The point is that the amygdala is tied to --emotional-- learning, the ACC to more complex reasoning, such as error detection, conflict monitoring, and higher functions of consciousness.
Don't take my word for it, study this shit yourself.
Nicholas Smith
(((Author: Dylan Goldstein)))
Grayson Evans
>Greater ACC activation levels were present in more emotionally aware female participants when shown short ‘emotional’ video clips.[24] Better emotional awareness is associated with improved recognition of emotional cues or targets, which is reflected by ACC activation. Nice lie by omission.
Camden Jackson
Left wingers are only bred when right wingers make life comfortable enough for their feeble minds/bodies.
Daniel Wilson
Obviously this study on applies to modern American conceptions of the liberal conservative dichotomy, but similar differences in brain structure probably account for ideological differences.
Jacob Foster
I am not an expert, but I would figure that some sort of bias would exist at birth. However, upbringing significantly affects brain development up to adulthood. London taxis cab drivers have a significantly larger hippocampus due to the large amount of memorization they need to preform, as a part of their job. I could imagine upbringing could influence the brain in this way.
Jordan Diaz
On the subject of liberals, this is purely a liberal mindset to be in that pisses me off but...
The most racist and sexist people I know are the liberals that say you can't be racist toward white people, or sexist toward men.
I was just asked by somebody I know in real life to provide an instance of white people "being oppressed or killed for being white". I referenced South Africa, provided links, she responded with "You people sure love alternative facts, good luck with all the oppression you'll face for being white in life".
Elijah Lopez
Every fucking time.
Grayson Sullivan
Literally every single thing leftists lust after are based off emotional bullshit.
Do you faggots really have no self awareness?
Isaac Morgan
> arguing on Sup Forums > calling me a dumb shit if you wanted a real discussion, you shouldn't have come to a laotian weaving board you fucking stoop ape
Ethan James
>acting on emotion is bad
Science is not used to make implications like this, faggot.
Daniel Sanders
>I wonder whos behind this?
Jayden Kelly
Pol right-wingers:
Uses Science to post unscientific eugenics bullshit to further their own racist ideology.
Surely you white supremacists realize that as humans we were and will survive by mixing our DNA as much as possible?
Love the fact that you all go on holiday to get a TAN.
Good post.
Brayden Scott
noice
Liam Jones
This. Liberals are only compatible with a world that was cleared for them.
Anthony Cox
Both are driven by emotion retard. Conservatives are driven by fear but more so selfishness and Liberals by compassion.
>liberals are more empathetic Empathy is a function of more complex reasoning, and is evolutionary novel compared to the functions of the amygdala.
Conservatives are more driven by basic fear responses, and less empathetic (as the paper states), they find it hard to care about people outside of their own groups (I.e. American, Christian, White, Straight... Does this sound familiar?)
Again, study more.
Carson Parker
Oldest trick in the book. Instead of admitting you get everything wrong all the time, declare your opponents insane.
Plenty of money for shit "research" like this to make conservatives look bad. Not a dime for real research on differences in intelligence across ethnicities.
Nathan Gonzalez
I don't fear refugees, I just see them as an unnecessary burden.
Ayden Smith
There's our fucking answer.
Some kike WILL make this shit up and no one is going to do this entire study again. It will never be checked for validity.
Eli Cox
The face when this cuck is probably for both race mixing and diversity.
Protip. you can't have both faggot.
Jordan King
Um that's racist. So your also saying that black people are less intelligent just because their prefrontal cortex and cranial cavities are smaller. What a cishit WHITE MALE thing to say. Science is a constrict invented by white supremacists.
Hudson Wright
>meanwhile in india
*she turns around*
oh wait...
Isaiah Hall
>Doubtful "Science" web >Bad citations >Weird papers without peer reviews posted in non high class or medium class science research webs
Not even worth to read, not even worth to reply. Kill yourself.
Adrian Diaz
The study isn't horseshit, the interpretation is horseshit because the people who do these studies have a left-wing bias.
Dylan Nguyen
So that's why liberals are constantly scared of Trump and "nazis".
Chase Garcia
Childhood IQ is a greater predictor of adult political affiliation than gender or race, I believe. You'll have to look that up yourself, though.
>empathy >something developed for family/tribal society >basis for policy affecting hundreds of millions
fucking lel
Nicholas Foster
>the conservatives are basic and primitive meme No, liberals just were born with a fucked up mutation that harms your chance of survival.
Luis Moore
the amygdala is not the "fear center" of the brain, it is the threat detection center.
in short, liberals can not detect threats as easily as conservatives, which would explain a great deal of their behavior.
they also greatly misconstrue what the ACC does in regards to conflict detection. all studies have shown is that it simply detects the presence of a conflict (ie: RED being written in blue ink) and has very little to do with regulating behavior.
Blake Cruz
Well, I'm an engineering student. So I really don't know much else. But I can tell you that /sci/ thinks nearly all of psychology is bullshit non-science. It's really hard to prove something in psychology since it isn't a natural law like gravity. They can only come out with studies, and many time studies conflict with each other all the time.
Henry Adams
This kills the bait
Kevin Wright
When they do these tests, do the liberals and conservatives self identify as such, or are they observed to have the traits of liberal or conservative? Contemporary Self identified liberals have very little in common with the classical liberal, traits like tolerance for others' views, logic based arguments and reason, and so on.
Henry Green
This isn't true at all. Race is a better indicator by far.
Sebastian Thompson
this is the most beautiful insight into a video of a woman pissing I've ever read
Grayson Torres
Also stop replying
Julian Watson
Satanic quads rollin in.
Nathaniel Carter
this work for people identifyng themselves with ideological labels. we care about the truth, and the truth isn't liberal or conservative.... try harder faggot.
James Nguyen
>But I can tell you that /sci/ thinks nearly all of psychology is bullshit non-science. Because it is. Psychology is notoriously full of pseudo-scientific bullshit and hard to reproduce. You can believe actual data (ex. brain volumes ARE different), but the interpretations are bs.
Asher Flores
>Both are driven by emotion retard can you prove that?
>Conservatives are driven by fear but more so selfishness are certain fears rational? e.g. of hyenas, jackals and other wild things?
selfishness? you don't survive for long if you give away all your food, shelter, clothing and work as a slave for others rather than catering for your own, and family's, needs
can too much compassion be a bad thing?
also, you seem to think that liberals only ver think compassionately, when they clearly don't feel that way about certain groups, such as THEIR OWN PEOPLE
Nathan Thomas
What exactly do split second decisions have to do with politics? Took me years to realise the 3rd Reich was the perfect system of governance
Asher Lopez
whoa that actually made me think
Alexander Cooper
>Although our data do not determine whether these regions play a causal role in the formation of political attitudes, they converge with previous work [ 4, 6 ] to suggest a possible link between brain structure and psychological mechanisms that mediate political attitudes. Here we confront the chicken or egg problem. Did being brought up liberal vs. conservative change their brains, or did their brains change based on their positions? Actually we see through neuroscience that the brain is fairly plastic.
Its also convenient they don't mention the fact that the amygdala is also involved in memory retention, which is a part of intelligence, rendering their obvious bias moot.
Nathaniel Scott
Being "more risk averse" is the point. People on the right are far more likely to base their politics on fear, despite overwhelming evidence to show that there is actually very little risk.
That's the literal fucking point, numbnuts
Jayden Collins
So in other words, nothing was accomplished by this thread, as the science has yet to be settled. Nice work OP. I don't know why I bother with these studies when there's always another one throwing it into doubt.
Isaac Anderson
So many stereotypes in one brief moment
Lucas Garcia
STOP
Parker Sanchez
>overwhelming evidence to show that there is actually very little risk. Nice hot opinion there jackass.
Liberals are bad mutations and not fit to recognize risks to society and are compassionate to the point of self-destruction.
Carson Ortiz
Shut your mouth kike. Empathy is equally driven by emotion and is often IRRATIONAL AND DANGEROUS. Utilizing empathy as a rule rather than making sound judgements to protect yourself is the sign of an unstable and irrational mind...
Big fucking surprise. This entire insane post is explained. Your idiotic attempt to use science to vilify and denigrate everyone who disagrees with you is a sign of mental illness. You're sick.
You're making the same mistake (or more likely deliberate choice) the kike who did your study made.
Connor Perry
I've said it in another argument, but empathy is a function of the ACC and not the same as the basic emotional responses of the amygdala
Xavier Ross
Obviously from dumbass marxist professors broadcasting his inherent cognitive bias.
