Hard-wired: The brain's circuitry for political belief
Date:
December 23, 2016
Source:
University of Southern California
Summary:
When people's political beliefs are challenged, their brains become active in areas that govern personal identity and emotional responses to threats, neuroscientists have found.
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The amygdala -- the two almond-shaped areas hugging the center of the brain near the front -- tends to become active when people dig in their heels about a political belief.
Credit: Photo/Courtesy of Brain and Creativity Institute at USC
A USC-led study confirms what seems increasingly true in American politics: People become more hard-headed in their political beliefs when provided with contradictory evidence.
Neuroscientists at the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC said the findings from the functional MRI study seem especially relevant to how people responded to political news stories, fake or credible, throughout the election.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161223115757.htm
