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minus-squareBierSoggyBeard@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours 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-up1·34 minutes 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.
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.