"Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain"
[Each participant was wired to an electroencephalograph that recorded activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, the part of the brain that detects conflicts between a habitual tendency (pressing a key) and a more appropriate response (not pressing the key). Liberals had more brain activity and made fewer mistakes than conservatives when they saw a W, researchers said. Liberals and conservatives were equally accurate in recognizing M.]
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-politics10sep10,0,5982337.story?coll=la-home-center
2007-09-10 02:19:14 · 9 answers · asked by ideogenetic 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I think, IN GENERAL, that those results are quite valid. There have been other similar studies out for a while, and it show in the party discipline of the right, while the left is looser and treis to be a little more all-encompassing. Not perfectly so, but more-so than the right.
2007-09-10 02:25:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely I do.
There are advantages to both. Conservatives (myself) are adapt at getting things done. Liberals are great at providing outside the box thinking. I am referring to my experience at work. As long as both individuals have the same goal in mind all is well!
Insults not intended (and these are generalizations, there are of course exceptions):
Conservatives are usually more disciplined and straight forward. We make great law enforcement & military people.
We are not typically involved in the arts although liberals typically are. They are usually more creative. Nobody can argue that more musicians, poets, actors (just look at Hollywood) are inclined to be liberal than they are to be conservative.
Now I would like to point something out here. From the answers I see while I have been adding to my answer I see attacks from the liberals.
Why is this?
Liberals are typically more emotional than conservatives. Conservatives are typically more logical and analytical. Anger and resentment are emotions therefore, the liberals lashed out. I am a conservative and I saw this as an opportunity to present how both kinds of people can contribute to society…
2007-09-10 09:27:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Liberals/conservatives are wired identical from the factory, but their "computers" are PROGRAMMED differently between the ages of three to seven years of age. After seven years of age the human "computer" can NOT be reprogrammed!
2007-09-10 09:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
From reading the answers to these questions, I'd say that conservatives are more conciliatory and understanding of human differences and liberals are bigoted and hateful.
2007-09-10 09:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by Hoosier Daddy 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Please check the link below for a thorough answer regarding what I think about the article, "Homo politicus: brain function of liberals, conservatives differs"
http://biodeterminism.blogspot.com/2007/09/politicus-biodeterminus-absurdity-of.html
Thanks.
2007-09-10 13:08:51 · answer #5 · answered by What I Say 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously they are. I have noticed that this study seems to be pretty accurate in my experience. Conservatives tend to only be able to see things in black and white, whereas liberals tend to be more fluid in their thoughts.
2007-09-10 09:26:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
I think that study is bull dung. I was a liberal when I was younger and now I'm conservative. Many of my friends are the same way. And lest we forget,the study came from...drum roll please....liberal NYU. Ta da!
2007-09-10 09:26:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋
No. I don't like lumping people together in groups. Life is not like that.
2007-09-10 09:27:58 · answer #8 · answered by bebe 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think thats rather obvious.
conservatives are stuck in their ways and less imaginative and less intelligent and slower to adapt
2007-09-10 09:30:20 · answer #9 · answered by ez f 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋