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Brain scanning suggests activity patterns cluster with ideology

Brain scanning suggests activity patterns cluster with ideology

Brain scanning suggests activity patterns cluster with ideology | Science & technology

Political differences don’t just emerge when it comes to how we interpret reality around us, our brains actually ‘see’ different things depending on our politics, say researchers

Neuroimaging reveals partisanship-dependent differences in brain stimulation when people are exposed to political messaging from either their own or opposing political sides.

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Tel Aviv University researchers say political affiliations and inclinations can be foretold by analyzing the most primary parts of our brains; ‘At the most basic brain level, rightists and leftists in Israel literally don't see and hear the same things’