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adherence to political parties has long
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been an interesting social phenomenon it
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makes one wonder why do some people lean
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to leftist parties While others choose
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conservative ones well you might say
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it's totally related to one's own
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perspective and reasoning but scientists
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surprisingly found that ideology runs
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deep in our brains and is connected to
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differences in a brain structure size
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called the amydala amydala is considered
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the brain Center for processing emotions
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fear and anxiety an increase in its size
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means bigger emotional reaction the
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researchers from Amsterdam University in
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the Netherlands recruited 1,000 Dutch
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participants they scanned their brains
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then gave them questionnaires about a
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series of positions on sociocultural
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issues such as women's and lgbtq rights
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and about economic issues such as income
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inequality they then linked the
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participants overall political leaning
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to their brain MRI scan the team found
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that the amigdala size in conservative
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brains is slightly larger than in
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Progressive ones Dr Schumacher the lead
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author of the study said it is a very
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subtle difference yet has an indirect
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impact on one's ideological perspective
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the team didn't find any other
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difference in other regions of the brain
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Dr Schumacher states that there may be a
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connection where the amydala is larger
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in individuals who react more strongly
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to information which could sometimes
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result in more conservative ideas in
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politics thanks for watching if you
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