Neurological Correlates

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Neuropolitics: The Politics of Fear Won’t Work On Undecideds

October 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Oh you silly Republican National Committee and campaign strategists. Don’t you read your neuroscience literature?  If you did, you would know that the politics of fear, while working pretty well on conservatives, is bound to fall flat on undecided voters.
Two recent papers (here and here) point out, not surprisingly, conservatives have neurological soft spots making [...]

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