Re: The Difference Between Republican and Democratic Brains

On 13 Dec 2021, Sean Hannity <[email protected]> posted some
news:[email protected]: 

> Biden is an illiterate asshole and Kamala Harris is just a plain old
> whore. 

What Democrats and Republicans don’t have in common goes far beyond the 
ballot box. Their personalities, like their core beliefs and policy ideas, 
are fundamentally different.

Liberals are creative and curious, and tend to be more open to new 
experiences, while conservatives are more anxious, dislike change, and 
appreciate order in their lives. Scientists don’t know if political 
interests shape temperament, or vice versa, but new research suggests 
lawmakers’ personality traits play an important role in political 
causes—like forcing a government shutdown—and may even determine if those 
causes survive.

In a study published this week in the journal Psychological Science, 
researchers asked 300 people in an online survey whether they agreed or 
disagreed with both political (“In general, I support labor unions”) and 
nonpolitical statements (“I enjoy coffee”). They also asked participants 
to indicate how much others who shared their political views would support 
their attitudes.

The results showed that liberals underestimated their levels of partisan 
support; that is, they thought their beliefs were different from their 
liberal peers, when they actually were not. Conservatives and moderates, 
on the other hand, thought their beliefs were more similar to those of 
other members of their political group than they actually were, 
overstating partisan agreement. These patterns of thinking held for topics 
unrelated to politics, like personal preference for coffee.

Read the whole story: National Journal

<http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-difference-between-
republican-and-democratic-brains-20131121>

<https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/the-difference-between-
republican-and-democratic-brains.html>