DrBob, 🧠 Mechanic

Your brain can reveal if you’re #rightwing – plus three other things it tells us about your politics

“The approach is called #neuropolitics and uses #brain science to understand our #politics.

It applies the insights of neurology to explain why we take part in protests, vote for particular parties and even why we lie about our true feelings in opinion polls, potentially skewing the results to give the public a false impression of who is going to win”

#functionalMRI
http://theconversation.com/your-brain-can-reveal-if-youre-rightwing-plus-three-other-things-it-tells-us-about-your-politics-226175

Your brain can reveal if you’re rightwing – plus three other things it tells us about your politics

Neuropolitics is the science of using your brain activity to predict your political preferences. You might not like it but it’s already in use.

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Mar 25, 2024 at 9:29amWeb
Show threadThe Boxing KangarooMar 25, 2024
@drrjv now can we find a correlation with frontal temporal dementia??
Show threadMrsJMar 25, 2024
@drrjv curious to know as a layperson and in lay terms if brain MRI can tell if a subject has learned to hate deeply and the correlation of this to their political tendencies as well as vice versa
Show threadDrBob, 🧠 MechanicMar 25, 2024

@mj The point of the article is that there are certain brain patterns on fMRI that appear to correlate with politics and attraction to #Authoritarian viewpoints.

For example, “greater #Liberalism [#LeftWing thinking] was associated with increased grey matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex”. This part of the brain is associated with #Empathy. So, maybe this research proves that those on the left are more empathetic.”

And those receptive to authoritarianism showed “signs of damage to the so-called ventro-medial prefrontal cortex. This is an area that is associated with #SocialIntelligence and #Tolerance.”