Skewed study suggests brains of liberals, conservatives wired differently |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 1:15 pm |
| Tags: culture society, foolishness |
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Psychologist John Jost Could the difference be dependence on cradle-to-grave gov't care vs. self-reliance, responsibility? According to the researchers, the conclusions grew out of previous studies, suggesting that political orientation is linked to certain personality traits or styles of thinking. The biased review of that research published in 2003 found that conservatives tend to be more rigid and closed-minded, less tolerant of ambiguity and less open to new experiences. Some of the traits associated with right-wingers in that review were decidedly unflattering, including fear, aggression, tolerance of inequality and lack of complexity in their thinking. That — along with the fact that it lumped Ronald Reagan and other political conservatives in with Adolf Hitler — evoked outrage from conservative pundits. What surprising conclusions coming from Leftist psychologists. Author of both the review and the current study, John Jost, was prompted to defend [ Full article ] |
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