The Neuroscience of Partisanship: Do Differences in Brain Activity and Anatomy Relate to Political Party Preference?
Jon Stewart versus Sean Hannity, the Occupy movement versus the Tea Party, MSNBC versus FOX News–it doesn’t take an expert to appreciate the vast ideological split in our society’s political structure. From abortion to gun control, how is it possible for one country to be so polarized in its beliefs? A recent study at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) suggests that biology may underlie such extreme differences in opinion. Darren Schreiber, Ph.D is a ‘neuropolitical’ researcher at the…