From some neurological research into brain structure and
political leanings:
Scans of 90 students' brains at University College London (UCL) uncovered a "strong correlation" between the thickness of two particular areas of grey matter and an individual's views.
Self-proclaimed right-wingers had a more pronounced amygdala - a primitive part of the brain associated with emotion while their political opponents from the opposite end of the spectrum had thicker anterior cingulates.
See what they did there?
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Today's Independent were even less subtle in their headline:
Right-wing brains 'different'
See what they did there?
According to Wikipedia the anterior cingulates are responsible for Pavlovian conditioning .
They didn't mention that , either .
Presumably they showed that amygdala tends to grow with age while the anterior cingulates get thinner
The next step - a 'cure'?
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