Citation

Hibbing JR, Smith KB, Peterson JC, Feher B. Trends Cogn. Sci. 2014; 18(3): 111-113.

Affiliation

Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.tics.2013.12.010

PMID

24576690

Abstract

Political disputes ruin family reunions, scuttle policy initiatives, and spur violence and even terrorism. We summarize recent research indicating that the source of political differences can be found in biologically instantiated and often subthreshold predispositions as reflected in physiological, cognitive, and neural patterns that incline some people toward innovation and others toward conservatism. These findings suggest the need to revise traditional views that maintain that political opinions are the product of rational, conscious, socialized thought.

Language: en