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minus-squareBierSoggyBeard@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·7 days agoWhich should mean that it would be implicated in conservative thought processes, being as they are so fear-and-anger-driven in everything they do.
minus-squaredjsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·7 days agoit’s a bit of a “chicken and egg” problem, but yes studies show that conservatives typically have an overactive amygdala. now, is it overactive because they’re conservative, or are they conservative because it’s overactive? hard to say.
minus-squareGumus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI’d say it’s the first one. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen conservatives that had no brain whatsoever.
Which should mean that it would be implicated in conservative thought processes, being as they are so fear-and-anger-driven in everything they do.
it’s a bit of a “chicken and egg” problem, but yes studies show that conservatives typically have an overactive amygdala. now, is it overactive because they’re conservative, or are they conservative because it’s overactive? hard to say.
I’d say it’s the first one. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen conservatives that had no brain whatsoever.