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1. Sir Spoonmaker [Brooklyn] (the0ther@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 21:18:59 JST Sir Spoonmaker [Brooklyn]

   “a brain-imaging study of 90 healthy young adults (61% female) found that those identifying as politically liberal had an atrophied amygdala compared to those identifying as conservative” https://x.com/con_tomlinson/status/1750879564065038413?s=46

   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 21:18:58 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

     in reply to
     @the0ther so a shrunken amygdala leads to liberalism? :Thinker:
   • rubberducky (rubberducky@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 22:34:41 JST rubberducky

     in reply to

     • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

     @thatguyoverthere @the0ther

     Enlarged is positively correlated with conservatism.

     "Conservatives respond to threatening situations with more aggression than do liberals [1] and are more sensitive to threatening facial expressions [5]. This heightened sensitivity to emotional faces suggests that individuals with conservative orientation might exhibit differences in brain structures associated with emotional processing such as the amygdala."

     Also sample size is small and WEIRD.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 22:52:57 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • rubberducky
     @rubberducky @the0ther