Red or blue? The shape of your grey matter may reveal your political stripe

[Newsjock]

Source: The Globe and Mail

Liberals and conservatives don’t think alike. And it turns out the structures of their brains are often different too.

A new study from researchers at the University College London have found that people who consider themselves liberal tend to have a larger anterior cingulate cortex, a region of the brain believed to be have an “executive function,” which controls how we process information. Those who consider themselves conservative tend to have a larger amygdala, which is linked to emotional detection.

The scientists say their findings match previous evidence that liberals are better at dealing with conflicting information and that conservatives are better at recognizing threats.

Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/red-or-blue-the-shape-of-your-grey-matter-may-reveal-your-political-stripe/article1977463/

[Drale]

1. Its really easy to recognize a threat

when you think everything is a threat.

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. Precisely

And that's not being better at recognizing a threat, it's projecting them, which is exactly what fearful people do.

[ixion]

3. the GOP is incapable of recognizing a real threat

because they're afraid of EVERYTHING.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I have always believed conservative politics is essentially fear-based.

I guess this study tends to confirm that.

[inna]

5. mine is black-and-purple

[Kceres]

6. I remeber hearing of a similar study years ago.

This is old news.

[tpsbmam]

7. Oh the teabaggers will love this one.....oh wait...

they have to understand it to be insulted by it. Bwwaaahhhhaaaa!