Study: Conservatives have larger ‘fear center’ in brain | Raw Story

I love it when scientific facts support my views…

I always thought Conservatives based their opinions on fear while Progressives based theirs on courage and hope…

Political opinions are considered choices, and in Western democracies the right to choose one’s opinions — freedom of conscience — is considered sacrosanct.

But recent studies suggest that our brains and genes may be a major determining factor in the views we hold.

A study at University College London in the UK has found that conservatives’ brains have larger amygdalas than the brains of liberals. Amygdalas are responsible for fear and other “primitive” emotions. At the same time, conservatives’ brains were also found to have a smaller anterior cingulate — the part of the brain responsible for courage and optimism.

via Study: Conservatives have larger ‘fear center’ in brain | Raw Story.