Here's how Larry described it: It makes perfect sense in a why. There is some neuropsych research that's I've mentioned before that did functional MRI's on self identified conservatives and progressives. What the researchers found was that the areas of the brain that deal with processing fear and anxiety are more active and larger in the conservatives of the sample than the progressives. In contrast the progressives had larger and more active areas of the brain that deal in complex cognition and nuanced thinking than conservatives. So its entirely possible for many conservatives to perceive the world entirely in black and white rather than in shades of grey. The perceived victimization also works because of the differences in the amydala (the area that deals with processing anxiety and fear related information).
. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > But, Sam, that is not what the study is stating, that is what you are > saying it is stating. > > In a nut shell, it says, for the most part, liberals and conservatives have > different political beliefs because their brains are built differently. And > that, for the most part, members of each 'group' seem to have a similar > brain physiology. > > If you get out of that study that 'liberals are smarter' and that > 'conservatives are close minded' then I think maybe you are not really > understanding the results. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357459 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
