Physiological physcology
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- The authors refer to climatic changes that threaten an individual’s worldview in the phrase “cues for altering a habitual response pattern.” Usually, people develop tendencies or habits, which are shaped by thoughts and emotions into a default habitual response. Politically liberal individuals are regarded to have increased cognitive sensitivity to conflict – changes in the default habitual response.
- The interaction between genetics, environment, and political phenotype can reflect the human brain structure.
- Differences in political orientation are associated with differences in gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex
- The study was done on 90 young adults from University College London
- The sample was recruited from University College London on a voluntary basis. A total of 90 participants was selected to self-report their political attitudes as per the informed consent letter. Given that University College London has a population of about 43 000 students, the study sample is very small, and the results may be considered statistically insignificant.
- Participants self-reported their self-reported their political attitudes confidentially on a five-point scale from ‘‘very liberal’’ to ‘‘very conservative.’’
- No. The authors failed to provide a distribution of political orientations measured.
- They used a statistical criterion p < 0.001 uncorrected and cluster size larger m3than 50 mm3, which is appropriate.
- It was defined as a sphere with a radius of 20mm centered at (x = 23, y = 33, z = 22)
- They defined the amygdala as the rain part that conducts processing. A common method was used to assess both right and left-brain parts.
- Yes, I think the previous studies are valid as the present since both agree on the possible link between brain structure and psychological mechanisms that mediate political attitudes.
