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That may be because OP had an agenda to push whatever the means, or simply is conservative.
BTW, anybody remembers some other studies similar to this, used to show how certain demographics were basically worse in a biological/genetic sense? Something around 1920-'30..

Yep, there are several studies researching this in various ways. An important thing to point out is that those two portions of the brains are inversely correlated without affecting other portions of the brain like the frontal cortex. So a person can be a good doctor or scientist and also be conservative. So conservatives have high fear responses to people who are different and lack empathy while left leaning people have less fear and increased empathy. Studies also show that brains develop to have an oversized amygdala when they have physical or emotional abuse as growing up or if they have severe lack of resources.

And in reality, it's just the newest version of phrenology bullshit.

It's like reading the Muller report, or for that matter, the constitution. Pro-Tip: it helps if you don't bother to read it at all. That way you can pretend it says whatever you want it to say! Oh yeah, the Bible too - "the worker deserves their wages; don't be a Karen; nor a pedophile either; be not afraid and instead be kind to everyone you meet, etc."

Thanks for going the extra mile.

It seems that they only conducted the study on students?

Here's some neuroscience knowledge. If a part of the brain is overstimulated and requires too many resources, it actually gets expanded to the detriment of other parts of the brain. The inverse is also true, if a part isn't used other parts become more dominant. As seen when the brains of blind and deaf people were studied, it was found that the brain actually rewired itself to improve the still working parts.

It's simply your brain being efficient with it's resources. That means the amygdala of conservatives is so overstimulated that it leeches resources away from the rest of the brain.

Scaredy cats!

Often, but remember to punch up, not down.

They can also often be some of the kindest people as well, at least individually even if not from a societal standpoint. It's strange to think about, I know!

They just think different - accepting argument by authority more readily than using skeptical thought to personally analyze all input. And in that sense, they share a lot more in common with liberals than the latter group is comfortable admitting... Most thinkers are liberals but the converse is not true.

Also, everything changes - this Alt Right (or whatever term has replaced it now) is nothing like the Tea Party brand of fiscal and social conservatism that it replaced, which itself was very different than the old-school conservatism, like George W. Bush was a freaking progressive, who wanted to fund education and feed the homeless (and despite the ineptness of their implementation, he did end up doing both!) (And on and on it goes, further back, e.g. Lincoln freed the slaves - what will Republicans be ten years from now, I wonder? At some point, the two sides will switch again, it's the nature of the game.)

It's so easy to simply blame the other side for being inept, but even if true, it does not absolve us from not accomplishing anything ourselves. e.g. abortion is now up to each state to decide, so an excellent time to pass laws protecting it in each state... before conservatives find a way to do the opposite?

Yes. That's the whole reason for the tribalism. It's a survival mechanism that helped our ancestors. But it's wildly out of place in our modern world. And sadly many people's brains are on the legacy firmware.

Yes, cowards with engorged amygdalas that make them fear everything and everyone unlike themselves.

Quite literally a fear boner.

Watch Trump’s Iowa rally from Dec. 19 to see more.

Conservatives maybe physically diffrent, but also being physically predisposed doesn't mean you get to harm everyone in asking for accommodation.

Great observation

Have you considered the planet is on fire because the gods are angry because not enough boys are kissing?

Immigration is scary because brown people.

Immigrants are some combination of:

• Coming to take all the jobs because they're so hard working

• coming to take all the social safety net because they're so lazy

• bringing crime with them because they're bad people

• Miscegenating the white women (miscegenating WITH?)

• Coming in on democratic buses to vote for Obama somehow

• Coming in to aggressively not speak American

Because immigrants are the other. It's fear of people who are different, worrying they will change how you live your life.

Don't trigger them, you'll make those snowflakes go out and buy even more guns to protect their safe space.

We weren't?

Brain steam is where you buy video games for your brain.

No, its all the lead paint. We have tried to get you to stop multiple times and now we are here.

The phrenology scene? Yea. This has the same energy.